ineffectiveadjective
uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈfek.tɪv/us/ˌɪn.ɪˈfek.tɪv/not producing the effects or results that are wanted:
They made an ineffective attempt to get the rules changed.
The army has proved ineffective in protecting the civilian population.
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Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- ornamental
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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ineffectively
adverb uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈfek.tɪv.li/us/ˌɪn.ɪˈfek.tɪv.li/