ineffective
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His efforts to cosmetically raise it to his standards have been staggeringly expensive, and ineffective in surprising ways.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
Current privacy laws are often ineffective because they focus on individual control, which is impossible given extensive data collection and AI capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
"I told him sanctions and pressure are ineffective," Lee told reporters in Seoul.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
Reasons to look for a new adviser include failure to listen, high fees, the adviser’s retirement, poor communication, disappointing performance, different values, ineffective advice and bad rapport, according to this survey by Financial Advisor Magazine.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
At present our understanding is meager—probably because disarmament budgets have, since the time of Sargon of Akkad, been somewhere between ineffective and nonexistent.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing ineffective
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: in-, im-, il-, ir-
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