| 单词 | ineffectual |
| 释义 | ineffectual (once / 1413 pages) adj If you are a coach with a losing team that doesn't listen to you, don't be surprised if you are called ineffectual. It means too weak to produce the desired effect. Ineffectual as a word is similar to ineffective, but while ineffective implies that something simply doesn't work, ineffectual carries with it the idea of weakness too. A broken baseball bat is ineffective, a baseball bat made out of felt? Ineffectual. WORD FAMILYineffectual: ineffectuality, ineffectually, ineffectualness+/effectual: effectuality, effectually, effectualness, ineffectual/ineffectuality: ineffectualities USAGE EXAMPLESFor many Taiwanese, the Republic of China, Taiwan’s official name, is a figleaf for independence; Sun is an old ineffectual ghost. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) Europe is being swept by populist fury, much of it directed at the European Union — at its centralizing tendencies and its often ineffectual results. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) It’s a staff that, on balance, considers the agency’s commissioners bickering blowhards, top managers ineffectual, career prospects bleak and work environment dreary. Salon(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj not producing an intended effect Syn|Ant ineffective, uneffective idle not in action or at work toothlesslacking necessary force for effectiveness unproductivenot producing desired results inefficaciouslacking the power to produce a desired effect inefficientnot producing desired results; wasteful powerlesslacking power uselesshaving no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully effective, effectual, efficacious producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect hard-hitting, trenchantcharacterized by or full of force and vigor impellingmarkedly effective as if by emotional pressure impressive, tellingproducing a strong effect rough-and-readycrude but effective for the purpose at hand efficaciousmarked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect efficientbeing effective without wasting time or effort or expense potent, stiff, stronghaving a strong physiological or chemical effect powerfulhaving great power or force or potency or effect useful, utilebeing of use or service 2adj producing no result or effect the therapy was ineffectual Syn futile, otiose, unavailing useless having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully 3adj lacking in power or forcefulness an ineffectual ruler Syn ineffective, unable impotent lacking power or ability |
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