What is another word for ineffectual?
758 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnɪfˈɛkt͡ʃuːə͡l], [ ɪnɪfˈɛktʃuːəl], [ ɪ_n_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_tʃ_uː_əl]
The word ineffectual is used to describe something or someone that is unable to produce the desired result or outcome. However, there are various synonyms for this word that can be used in different contexts such as futile, useless, fruitless, unproductive, hopeless, impotent, powerless, feeble, ineffective, inefficient, unavailing, insufficient, impotent, and feeble. These synonyms can help to add variety and depth to your writing, and help to convey the nuance and tone of your message. Synonyms can provide a more nuanced and subtle expression of concept and can help to make your writing more interesting and engaging.
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Similar words for ineffectual:
- failing (adjective)
- feckless (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- no-account (adjective)
- no-good (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- unsuccessful (adjective)
- useless (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- wishy-washy (adjective)
- abortive (adjective)
- empty (adjective)
- fruitless (adjective)
- futile (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- inefficient (adjective)
- inutile (adjective)
- little (adjective)
- mousy (adjective)
- pale (adjective)
- paltry (adjective)
- pointless (adjective)
- powerless (adjective)
- spineless (adjective)
- unable (adjective)
- unavailing (adjective)
- unusable (adjective)
- unworkmanlike (adjective)
- void (adjective)
- wan (adjective)
- worthless (adjective)
Synonyms for Ineffectual:
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adj.
• failing • feckless • feeble • mean- down at heel ,
- down-at-heel ,
- lowborn ,
- second class ,
- menial ,
- proletarian ,
- second rate ,
- second-class ,
- second-rate ,
- secondrate .
- in effectual ,
- in-effectual ,
- mis carried ,
- mis-carried ,
- more failed ,
- more miscarried ,
- most failed ,
- most miscarried ,
- un productive ,
- un-productive .
- de void ,
- de-void ,
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- in expressive ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in sipid ,
- in-expressive ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- in-sipid ,
- insincere ,
- un intelligent ,
- un real ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un substantial ,
- un-intelligent ,
- un-real ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-substantial .
- in fertile ,
- in-fertile ,
- more gainless ,
- more profitless ,
- more unprolific ,
- most gainless ,
- most profitless ,
- most unprolific ,
- spinning one wheels ,
- spinning ones wheels ,
- spinning wheels ,
- un available ,
- un fruitful ,
- un profitable ,
- un prolific ,
- un-available ,
- un-fruitful ,
- un-profitable ,
- un-prolific ,
- wild goose chase .
- more impracticable ,
- more resultless ,
- most resultless ,
- out window ,
- save breath ,
- save one breath ,
- save ones breath ,
- un important ,
- un needed ,
- un-important ,
- un-needed .
- bushleague ,
- dis qualified ,
- dis-qualified ,
- in competent ,
- in eligible ,
- in experienced ,
- in expert ,
- in-competent ,
- in-eligible ,
- in-experienced ,
- in-expert ,
- more amateur ,
- more disqualified ,
- more floundering ,
- more unadapted ,
- more unequipped ,
- more unfitted ,
- more unproficient ,
- most amateur ,
- most disqualified ,
- most floundering ,
- most unadapted ,
- most unequipped ,
- most unfitted ,
- most unproficient ,
- out lunch ,
- un adapted ,
- un equipped ,
- un fitted ,
- un handier ,
- un handiest ,
- un handy ,
- un initiated ,
- un proficient ,
- un qualified ,
- un skilled ,
- un trained ,
- un-adapted ,
- un-equipped ,
- un-fit ,
- un-fitted ,
- un-handier ,
- un-handiest ,
- un-handy ,
- un-initiated ,
- un-proficient ,
- un-qualified ,
- un-skilled ,
- un-trained ,
- unhandier ,
- unhandiest .
- anti climactic ,
- anti-climactic ,
- de feasible ,
- de-feasible ,
- in effective ,
- in nocuous ,
- in-effective ,
- in-nocuous ,
- more anticlimactic ,
- more defeasible ,
- more emasculate ,
- more ineffective ,
- more neutralized ,
- more slack spined ,
- more slack-spined ,
- more slackspined ,
- most anticlimactic ,
- most defeasible ,
- most emasculate ,
- most neutralized ,
- most slack spined ,
- most slack-spined ,
- most slackspined ,
- slack spined ,
- slack-spined ,
- slackspined .
- cant hack it ,
- dis organized ,
- dis-organized ,
- half baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- improficient ,
- in efficacious ,
- in efficient ,
- in-efficacious ,
- in-efficient ,
- more improficient ,
- most improficient ,
- slovenly ,
- un prepared ,
- un skillful ,
- un-prepared ,
- un-skillful .
- in determinate ,
- more unassertive ,
- most unassertive ,
- self effacing ,
- selfeffacing ,
- un assertive ,
- un assuming ,
- un-assertive .
- doughiest ,
- more bleached ,
- more waxlike ,
- more whitish ,
- most bleached ,
- most waxlike ,
- most whitish ,
- pasty ,
- washed-out ,
- washedout ,
- waxlike .
- in considerable ,
- in-considerable ,
- low down ,
- more derisory ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more unconsequential ,
- most derisory ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most unconsequential ,
- piddling ,
- un consequential ,
- un-consequential .
- around circles ,
- going nowhere ,
- in consequential ,
- in-consequential ,
- more nongermane ,
- more purportless ,
- most nongermane ,
- most purportless ,
- needle haystack ,
- non germane ,
- re-mote ,
- un interesting ,
- un necessary ,
- un-necessary .
- de pendent ,
- de-pendent ,
- dis enfranchised ,
- dis-enfranchised ,
- more disenfranchised ,
- most disenfranchised ,
- un armed ,
- un-armed ,
- wimp ,
- wimper ,
- wimpest .
- faint hearted ,
- in vertebrate ,
- in-vertebrate ,
- lily livered ,
- lilylivered ,
- more amoebalike ,
- more faint hearted ,
- more faint-hearted ,
- more invertebrate ,
- more pithless ,
- more weak kneed ,
- more weak-kneed ,
- more weakkneed ,
- more yellow bellied ,
- more yellow-bellied ,
- more yellowbellied ,
- most amoebalike ,
- most faint hearted ,
- most faint-hearted ,
- most invertebrate ,
- most pithless ,
- most weak kneed ,
- most weak-kneed ,
- most weakkneed ,
- most yellow bellied ,
- most yellow-bellied ,
- most yellowbellied ,
- sub missive ,
- weak kneed ,
- weak willed ,
- weak-kneed ,
- weakkneed ,
- weakwilled ,
- yellow bellied ,
- yellowbellied .
- Impuissant ,
- can't make grade ,
- cant cut it ,
- cant make grade ,
- cant make the grade ,
- in operative ,
- in-operative ,
- more hog tied ,
- more hog-tied ,
- more hogtied ,
- more impuissant ,
- more sidelined ,
- most hog tied ,
- most hog-tied ,
- most hogtied ,
- most impuissant ,
- most sidelined ,
- no can do ,
- not to ,
- out commission ,
- un abler ,
- un ablest ,
- un-abler ,
- un-ablest .
- Voided ,
- in valid ,
- in-valid ,
- more avoided ,
- more negated ,
- more unconfirmed ,
- more unenforceable ,
- more unratified ,
- more unsanctioned ,
- more voided ,
- most avoided ,
- most negated ,
- most unconfirmed ,
- most unenforceable ,
- most unratified ,
- most unsanctioned ,
- most voided ,
- null void ,
- un confirmed ,
- un enforceable ,
- un ratified ,
- un sanctioned ,
- un-confirmed ,
- un-enforceable ,
- un-ratified ,
- un-sanctioned ,
- unconfirmed .
Other synonyms:
- inefficacious ,
- inutile ,
- tabula rasa ,
- unaltered ,
- void .
- stable .
- feeble ,
- immunity ,
- unaffected ,
- untouched ,
- unusable .
- level .
- weak .
- steady .
Other relevant words:
- BRUTUM FULMEN ,
- Borne ,
- Chicken-hearted ,
- Effet ,
- Fatuitous ,
- Floundering ,
- Half-hearted ,
- Hamstrung ,
- Infecund ,
- Inservient ,
- Issueless ,
- Leached ,
- Miscarried ,
- Miscarrying ,
- Nonfulfillment ,
- Nul ,
- Stickit ,
- Successless ,
- Successlessness ,
- Teemless ,
- Unauthoritative ,
- Unpractical ,
- Waterish ,
- Whey-faced ,
- ability ,
- abortion ,
- abortive attempt ,
- absurd ,
- acarpous ,
- addle ,
- affect ,
- aimless ,
- amateur ,
- amateurish ,
- anaemic ,
- arid ,
- artful ,
- asinine ,
- awful ,
- awkward ,
- barren ,
- baseless ,
- boneless ,
- bootless ,
- bungling ,
- careless ,
- celibate ,
- chicken ,
- childless ,
- clumsy ,
- compliant ,
- counterproductive ,
- cowardly ,
- craven ,
- deceitful ,
- deficient ,
- delusive ,
- desert ,
- deskbound ,
- desolate ,
- devil-may-care ,
- dilute ,
- disappointment ,
- dispensable ,
- drained ,
- dried-up ,
- dry ,
- effete ,
- efficient ,
- emasculate ,
- empty ,
- enfeebled ,
- etiolated ,
- exhausted ,
- failing ,
- failure ,
- faineant ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- fallow ,
- fatuous ,
- featherweight ,
- feckless ,
- flabby ,
- flimsy ,
- foolish ,
- forceless ,
- frail ,
- fruitlessly ,
- frustrate ,
- frustration ,
- futilely ,
- gauche ,
- gaunt ,
- gelded ,
- half-baked ,
- halfhearted ,
- hollow ,
- hopeless ,
- humility ,
- idle ,
- immature ,
- implausible ,
- impotent ,
- impracticable ,
- impractical ,
- in vain ,
- inactive ,
- inane ,
- inapt ,
- inconsequential ,
- inconstant ,
- indecisive ,
- indolent ,
- ineffective ,
- ineffectively ,
- ineffectually ,
- inefficaciousness ,
- inefficacy ,
- inefficient ,
- inefficiently ,
- inept ,
- inexpedient ,
- inexperienced ,
- inexpert ,
- infertile ,
- infirm ,
- inoperative ,
- insignificant ,
- insubstantial ,
- insufficient ,
- inutility ,
- invalid ,
- invertebrate ,
- irrelevant ,
- irresolute ,
- irresponsible ,
- jejune ,
- labor in vain ,
- lame ,
- lazy ,
- lifeless ,
- light ,
- lightweight ,
- lily-livered ,
- limited ,
- limp ,
- little ,
- look blue ,
- look foolish ,
- low ,
- lukewarm ,
- maladjusted ,
- maladroit ,
- manque ,
- meagre ,
- mean ,
- meaningless ,
- meek ,
- menopausal ,
- mild ,
- mindless ,
- miscarriage ,
- modesty ,
- mousy ,
- namby-pamby ,
- narrow ,
- no-account ,
- no-good ,
- non-functioning ,
- non-productive ,
- nonproductive ,
- nonsensical ,
- nonsuccess ,
- not able ,
- not binding ,
- not equal to ,
- not up to ,
- nugatory ,
- null ,
- null and void ,
- of no account ,
- of no avail ,
- of no effect ,
- of no moment ,
- of no use ,
- otiose ,
- pale ,
- paltry ,
- pitiful ,
- play second fiddle ,
- pliant ,
- poor ,
- preposterous ,
- profitless ,
- puny ,
- purposeless ,
- pusillanimous ,
- rash ,
- reckless ,
- redundant ,
- retiring ,
- ridiculous ,
- senseless ,
- set ,
- shadowy ,
- shoddy ,
- silly ,
- sleeveless ,
- slothful ,
- small ,
- sorry ,
- spineless ,
- spiritless ,
- stale ,
- sterile ,
- stillborn ,
- stupid ,
- subdued ,
- submissive ,
- sucked dry ,
- superfluous ,
- suppressed ,
- tactless ,
- talentless ,
- tame ,
- thin ,
- time-consuming ,
- time-wasting ,
- timid ,
- timorous ,
- to no avail ,
- toothless ,
- tractable ,
- trifling ,
- trivial ,
- unable ,
- unaccountable ,
- unadapted ,
- unadjusted ,
- unanswerable ,
- unassertive ,
- unavailable ,
- unavailing ,
- unconvincing ,
- uncultivated ,
- undependable ,
- under control ,
- under thumb ,
- undirected ,
- uneconomical ,
- uneffective ,
- unemployed ,
- unenforceable ,
- unequipped ,
- unfertile ,
- unfit ,
- unfitted ,
- unfortunate ,
- unfruitful ,
- unimportant ,
- uninspired ,
- unpersuasive ,
- unplowed ,
- unproductive ,
- unprofitable ,
- unprolific ,
- unqualified ,
- unreal ,
- unreliable ,
- unrewarding ,
- unruly ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unsatisfying ,
- unserviceable ,
- unskilful ,
- unskilled ,
- unskillful ,
- unsown ,
- unsturdy ,
- unsubstantial ,
- untilled ,
- untried ,
- untrustworthy ,
- unworkable ,
- unworkmanlike ,
- use ,
- used ,
- uselessly ,
- vain attempt ,
- vainly ,
- valueless ,
- vapid ,
- virgin ,
- visionary ,
- wan ,
- waste ,
- wasted ,
- wasteful ,
- weak-willed ,
- weary ,
- wet ,
- white-livered ,
- wild ,
- wimpish ,
- wishy-washy ,
- without issue ,
- work-shy ,
- worthless ,
- yellow .
- Gainless ,
- Pithless ,
- Purportless ,
- Resultless ,
- Unconsequential ,
- Unhandy ,
- abortive ,
- amoebalike ,
- anticlimactic ,
- around in circles ,
- bilious ,
- can't cut it ,
- can't hack it ,
- can't make the grade ,
- defeasible ,
- derisory ,
- disenfranchised ,
- doughier ,
- doughy ,
- fruitless ,
- futile ,
- in vicious circle ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- needle in haystack ,
- no avail ,
- no dice ,
- no effect ,
- no go ,
- no purpose ,
- no way ,
- non-germane ,
- nongermane ,
- not cut out for ,
- not effective ,
- not have it ,
- not pertinent ,
- not viable ,
- on a treadmill ,
- on treadmill ,
- out the window ,
- pointless ,
- save one's breath ,
- shooting blanks ,
- sidelined ,
- spinning one's wheels ,
- to no effect ,
- to no purpose ,
- unproficient ,
- unratified ,
- unsanctioned ,
- useless ,
- washed out ,
- whitish ,
- yellow-bellied .
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How to use "Ineffectual" in context?
Ineffective. That word echoes in our heads when we think of ourselves or our efforts. We feel frustrated, like we're not making progress. But is our definition of "effective" really the best one? Let's explore what it means to be ineffective.
Ineffective can mean a lot of things. It can refer to our ability to complete a task or to achieve our goals. It can also reflect how we're impacting the world around us. Whether we're ineffective at building relationships, creating change, or simply being ourselves, we're still constantly impacting the world in some way.
Ineffective doesn't mean bad or wrong.
Paraphrases for Ineffectual:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
ineffective, inefficient, useless.
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Independent
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Adjective
counterproductive, dysfunctional, effective, feeble, futile, inappropriate, invalid, irrelevant, meaningless, pointless, unnecessary, unwieldy, unworkable, vain, wasteful, worthless.
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Other Related
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Adjective
fruitless, inadequate, inept, inoperable, inoperative, toothless, unhelpful, unproductive, unsuccessful, weak.
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