Preston Manning

For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence convention,' permit freer voting, strengthen the role of back benchers and committees, do away with ineffectual 'take note' debates, restructure question period, and so on.

Canadian Politician

Steve Erickson

The notion of artistic responsibility begs questions with no satisfactory conclusions, the most inevitable and ineffectual being that we should just keep thinking and talking about it, given that the alternative - a governmental body monitoring the movies we make and see - is unacceptable.

American Novelist

Frank Herbert

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

American Writer

Nick Cave

In getting older, I find myself becoming progressively more ineffectual in a lot of different ways, and part of that is down to no longer having the youthful feeling that what you're doing has any true impact.

Australian Musician

Bruce Schneier

It's frustrating; terrorism is rare and largely ineffectual, yet we regularly magnify the effects of both their successes and failures by terrorizing ourselves.

American Scientist

Susan Sontag

Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in significance.

American Author

David Costabile

I think I've cornered the market at playing ineffectual. I think I'm quite accomplished at it.

American Actor

John Noble

Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men.

Australian Actor

Roger Rees

I usually played comic lovers or losers - weak, ineffectual men.

Welsh Actor

Ben Miller

I have always played a slightly ineffectual, bumbly, nice guy.

English Comedian

Use 'ineffectual' when actions fail to achieve their goal, highlighting disappointment or frustration.

Expect Failure

Ineffectual also implies that trying harder wouldn't make a difference; the approach itself is flawed.

Beyond Efforts

'Ineffectual' is more about factual outcomes rather than someone's personal inability or failure.

Objective Context

'Ineffectual' suggests a lack of power or ability to direct outcomes, especially in leadership contexts.

Lack of Control

When someone can't convince others to follow, their arguments or orders may be described as 'ineffectual'.

Not Persuasive

Describes actions or policies that don't bring about change, particularly in politics or management.

Lack of Impact

 it turns out that the protection that's offered is really ineffectual. In Japan, for instance, which I think is the third largest market, they have a design law; it protects apparel, but the novelty standard is so high, you have to prove that your garment has never existed before,

Johanna Blakely: Lessons...

 two other biggest markets in the world it turns out that the protection that's offered is really ineffectual in Japan for instance which i think is a third largest market they have a design law it protects apparel but the novelty standard is so high you have to prove

Lessons from fashion's...

 much ineffectual against most of the really nasty biting insects occasionally I might use some mosquito repellent but very very seldom and not really here

Ineffectual

Expect Failure

Beyond Efforts

Objective Context

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