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Unable to produce any effect or result, mostly useless

Not producing any desired or required effect

Incompetent or unskilled at a given task or role

Insignificant or unimportant in nature

Lacking sufficient power or strength

Lacking in spirit, vitality or character

Having the desire to do idealistic deeds without pragmatism

Having no legal or binding force

Having a pale or unhealthy skin tone

Not properly working or having the desired effect

Affected or over-refined

Not making any progress or unlikely to change

Not convincing, plausible or believable

Weak in intellectual power

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Adjective

Unable to produce any effect or result, mostly useless

counterproductive

inconsequential

without success

good-for-nothing

not worth the candle

non-functioning

disadvantageous

without rhyme or reason

nonconstructive

of little worth

self-sabotaging

self-destructive

no good to gundy

spinning one's wheels

wild goose chase

in vicious circle

lacking foundation

without grounds

without foundation

uninspirational

not having a prayer

with no chance of success

of no earthly use

surplus to requirements

beside the point

without direction

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“All of this proved to be at least as ineffectual, disruptive, and ill-conceived as the previous urban renewal regime.”

Adjective

Not producing any desired or required effect

counterproductive

not good enough

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

leaving much to be desired

no great shakes

a load of pants

unable to do something for toffee

shooting blanks

unable to do something to save one's life

dissatisfactory

in short supply

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“Frontal attacks are costly and generally ineffectual.”

Adjective

Incompetent or unskilled at a given task or role

lacking ability

not up to scratch

not cut out for

not good enough

nonprofessional

not up to snuff

leaving much to be desired

not equipped to

unequal to the task

out of your depth

not know one's arse from one's elbow

lacking experience

unable to do something for toffee

unsophisticated

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

without finesse

lacking finesse

all fingers and thumbs

unqualified for

unable to do something

out of one's element

can't make the grade

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“Health professionals are mobilising to condemn the government, propose major structural reforms, and hammer the ineffectual minister.”

Adjective

Insignificant or unimportant in nature

inconsequential

of no consequence

of no great concern

nickel-and-dime

not worth mentioning

of little account

of no importance

of little importance

not worth bothering about

of little consequence

not worth speaking of

twopenny-halfpenny

neither here nor there

of minor importance

undistinguished

underrepresented

beside the point

lower in status

no great shakes

of little import

hardly worth mentioning

of no significance

of less importance

few and far between

thin on the ground

hard to come by

smallest amount of

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

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“This is what his colleague Tönnies implies by observing that formal political freedom would be a rather apathetic and ineffectual matter, at least in terms of civil law.”

Adjective

Lacking sufficient power or strength

Adjective

Lacking in spirit, vitality or character

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

chicken-hearted

hemming and hawing

chicken-livered

without a will of your own

afraid of one's shadow

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Adjective

Having the desire to do idealistic deeds without pragmatism

out of the question

ill-thought-out

head-in-the-clouds

out of touch with reality

not worth considering

like herding cats

impossible to carry out

with your head in the clouds

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Adjective

Having no legal or binding force

no longer current

no longer topical

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Adjective

Having a pale or unhealthy skin tone

white as a sheet

like death warmed up

white as a ghost

as white as a ghost

light-colored^US

light-coloured^UK

as white as a sheet

looking as if one has seen a ghost

pale-coloured^UK

pale-colored^US

pastel-coloured^UK

pastel-colored^US

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Adjective

Not properly working or having the desired effect

not functioning

out of commission

not in working order

non-functioning

on its last legs

not in operation

unavailable for use

non-operational

in a state of disrepair

in need of repair

given up the ghost

stopped working

unable to be used

in poor condition

gone to rack and ruin

falling to pieces

badly maintained

poorly maintained

down for the count

defective on arrival

dead and buried

gone to the wall

in dire straits

in deep trouble

in serious trouble

dead in the water

out of circulation

out of business

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Adjective

Affected or over-refined

hyperventilated

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Adjective

Not making any progress or unlikely to change

not going anywhere

Adjective

Not convincing, plausible or believable

scarcely credible

difficult to believe

hard to believe

hard to swallow

unsubstantiated

won't hold water

open to question

wide of the mark

out of the question

highly unlikely

beyond the bounds of possibility

out of the ordinary

inconsequential

incomprehensible

self-contradictory

not in the least likely

not able to hold water

beyond possibility

lacking substance

sensationalized^US

sensationalised^UK

imcomprehensible

inapprehensible

without substance

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

extremely doubtful

highly coloured

extremely difficult to believe

beyond one's wildest dreams

not to be thought of

not understandable

beyond the realm of reason

wrongly inferred

hardly possible

out of this world

contrary to reason

out-of-this-world

extremely foolish

stupidly irresponsible

off beaten path

never to be forgotten

beyond all reason

out of all reason

without justification

without foundation

not worth considering

like herding cats

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Adjective

Weak in intellectual power

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