ineffective

CEFRB2

/ˌɪn.ɪˈfɛk.tɪv/

adjective

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Examples

A plethora of ineffective education programs made the president unpopular amongst fiscal conservatives.
Luckily, the treatment was only ineffective instead of harmful.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The 5% topical solution was ineffective at reducing eczema outbreaks.
Their use was “impermissible not because it is unwise or ineffective, but because [federal law]^([sic]) does not allow it”, the decision explained.
Fire ants circumvented the problem of an ineffective sting by having an unusual and highly effective venom that when daubed or sprayed on other ants penetrates their waxy protective integumental barrier and kills or disables them.

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Fire ants circumvented the problem of an ineffective sting by having an unusual and highly effective venom that when daubed or sprayed on other ants penetrates their waxy protective integumental barrier and kills or disables them.
2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 102
Their use was “impermissible not because it is unwise or ineffective, but because [federal law]^([sic]) does not allow it”, the decision explained.
2025 May 29, Kalyeena Makortoff, “US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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From in- + effective.