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ineffectual 音标拼音: [ ,ɪnəf'ɛktʃuəl] a. 无效的,无益的,白费的 无效的,无益的,白费的 ineffectual adj 1: not producing an intended effect; " an ineffective teacher"; " ineffective legislation" [ synonym: { 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" [ synonym: { futile}, { ineffectual}, { otiose}, { unavailing}] 3: lacking in power or forcefulness; " an ineffectual ruler"; " like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [ synonym: { ineffective}, { ineffectual}, { unable}] 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] 117 Moby Thesaurus words for " ineffectual": 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
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