'Ineffectual' definitions:
Definition of 'ineffectual'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation" [syn: ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual] [ant: effective, effectual, efficacious]
adjective
Producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing]
adjective
Lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: ineffective, ineffectual, unable]
Definition of 'Ineffectual'
From: GCIDE
- Ineffectual \In`ef*fec"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many found ineffectual. --Boyle.
- Syn: Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See Useless, Inefficacious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ineffectual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- aimless,
- arid,
- barren,
- bootless,
- borne,
- celibate,
- childless,
- counterproductive,
- desert,
- desolate,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallow,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featherweight,
- feckless,
- forceless,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- ill-qualified,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- ineffective,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- invertebrate,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- lame,
- leached,
- lightweight,
- limited,
- maladjusted,
- manque,
- mean,
- meaningless,
- menopausal,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- narrow,
- no go,
- no-account,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no account,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- paltry,
- pointless,
- powerless,
- purposeless,
- set,
- sine prole,
- small,
- spineless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- sucked dry,
- superfluous,
- teemless,
- unable,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unauthoritative,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- uncultivated,
- unequipped,
- unfertile,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfortunate,
- unfruitful,
- unplowed,
- unproductive,
- unprolific,
- unqualified,
- unsown,
- unsuccessful,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vain,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- weak,
- without any weight,
- without issue