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Webster 1913 Edition

Ineffectual

Inˊef-fec′tu-al

(?; 135)
,
Adj.
Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing;
as, an
ineffectual
attempt; an
ineffectual
expedient.
Pope.
Syn. – Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See
Useless
,
Inefficacious
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ineffectual

INEFFECT'UAL

,
Adj.
[in and effectual.] Not producing its proper effect, or not able to produce its effect; inefficient; weak; as an ineffectual remedy; the Spaniards made an ineffectual attempt to reduce Gibraltar. [See Inefficacious.]

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