ineffectual
adjective
[ ɪnɪˈfɛktʃʊəl ]
• not producing any significant or desired effect.
• "an ineffectual campaign"
Similar:
inefficient,
ineffective,
inefficacious,
unsuccessful,
powerless,
impotent,
inadequate,
inept,
incompetent,
incapable,
unfit,
lame,
feeble,
weak,
poor,
useless,
hopeless,
rotten,
lousy,
no good,
unproductive,
non-successful,
profitless,
fruitless,
futile,
failed,
abortive,
vain,
unavailing,
worthless,
bungled,
bungling,
bootless,
unfructuous,
inutile,
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin ineffectualis, from in- ‘not’ + effectualis, from Latin effectus (see effect); in later use from in-1 ‘not’ + effectual.
