† uneffectualadj.
Obsolete.
= ineffectual adj. (Common c1550–1660.)
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > unavailing
gainlessc1175
speedless13..
unspeedfula1340
ineffectualc1425
frustratory1490
unvailablea1500
frustrate1529
uneffectual1548
unavailable1549
unfectual1549
bootless1559
dudgeon?1589
inavailable1650
unavailing1672
dud1914
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John i. f. 7 Moses..brought a lawe vneffectuall, sharpe, and hard.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 240 The testament made by feare is vneffectuall.
1620 T. Gataker Mariage Praier 13 The vndue manner of the repairing euen of such to Gods board, maketh those holy things vnfruitfull and vneffectuall vnto them.
1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling v. 117 They shall go to Hell for their uneffectual knowledge.
Derivatives
uneˈffectually adv.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > unavailingly
bootless1423
ineffectuallyc1610
bootlessly1612
frustrately1632
uneffectually1680
frustraneously1689
unavailingly1748
unavailably1860
1680 R. Baxter Moral Prognostication ii. xxxiii. 55 Nor [shall] an uncertain Evil be uneffectually resisted by a certain greater Mischief.
† †uneˈffectualness n. Obsolete
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > inefficacy
weakness1526
uneffectualness1598
inefficacy1623
inefficaciousness1646
ineffectualness1650
ineffectuality1670
inefficacity1721
inefficiency1749
inefficience1797
effeteness1862
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inefficacia, vneffectualnes.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 319 His..reasons of the uneffectualness of baptism to some.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. 228 Having found the uneffectualness of ordinary Remedies,..he resolved to try a sympathetick Medicine.
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