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| ineffectual | (อินอิเฟค'ชวล) adj. ไร้ผล, ไม่ได้ผลเป็นที่พอใจ., See also: ineffectuality, ineffectualness n. |
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| Ineffectual | 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 ] | Ineffectuality | n. Ineffectualness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | Ineffectually | adv. Without effect; in vain. [ 1913 Webster ] Hereford . . . had been besieged for about two months ineffectually by the Scots. Ludlow. [ 1913 Webster ] | Ineffectualness | n. Lack of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy. [ 1913 Webster ] The ineffectualness of some men's devotion. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | | ไร้ผล | [rai phon] (v) EN: be ineffectual ; be unsuccessful ; be vain ; be profitless ; be useless ; be futile ; be ineffective | ไร้ผล | [rai phon] (adj) EN: fruitless ; futile ; vain ; ineffective ; nugatory ; useless ; ineffectual ; unsuccessful ; profitless FR: vain ; futile ; stérile | ไร้ประโยชน์ | [rai prayōt] (adj) EN: useless ; futile ; ineffective ; ineffectual ; fruitless FR: inutile ; inefficace ; vain |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ineffectual
adj 1: not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective
teacher"; "ineffective legislation" [syn: {ineffective},
{uneffective}, {ineffectual}] [ant: {effective},
{effectual}, {efficacious}]
2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: {futile}, {ineffectual}, {otiose},
{unavailing}]
3: lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler";
"like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: {ineffective},
{ineffectual}, {unable}]
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