INEFFECTUAL meaning: Unable to produce desired effect

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word ineffectual:

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ineffectual: Merriam-Webster.com
ineffectual: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ineffectual: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ineffectual: Collins English Dictionary
ineffectual: Vocabulary.com
Ineffectual, ineffectual: Wordnik
ineffectual: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
ineffectual: Wiktionary
ineffectual: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
ineffectual: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
ineffectual: Infoplease Dictionary
Ineffectual, ineffectual: Dictionary.com
ineffectual: Online Etymology Dictionary
ineffectual: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Ineffectual: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ineffectual: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
ineffectual: Rhymezone
ineffectual: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
ineffectual: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ineffectual: Free Dictionary
ineffectual: Mnemonic Dictionary
ineffectual: Dictionary/thesaurus

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ineffectual: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
▸ adjective:  Worthless; ineffective.
▸ adjective:  Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.

Opposite:

effective, efficacious, productive

Types:

ineffective, inept, ineptitude, more...

Phrases:

ineffectual and boring, ineffectual official, opposite of ineffectual, more...

Colors:

gray, beige, pale blue, light gray, pastel pink, more...

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