“The regime reduced the two officially tolerated political parties to pliant ineffectuality.”

“Franklin's civilised demeanour is revealed as mere ineffectuality, and he is unable to save the murdered girl, whom he loves.”

“Johan detests his son's ineffectuality, spewing contempt when Henrik requests a loan.”

“In the man's emphasis the girl realized at last the inefficacy of her efforts to combat his will.”

“Fatah's popularity was somewhat diminished, and it suffered from a reputation of inefficacy and corruption.”

“It has to be admitted, however, that not all the regulations are followed in practice, which explains the relative inefficacy of some systems.”

“Many of the parents qualified their comments about punitive interventions with statements about the ineffectiveness of their efforts.”

“Individual ineffectiveness, indiscipline and corruption remain endemic among modern police officers.”

“They should certainly do so, stressing not only the moral repugnancy of torture but also its ineffectiveness.”

“To this day I feel a personal smear of shame at our Commission's ineffectualness.”

“Passivity and ineffectualness are weaknesses that trouble many Fellini characters, especially the closely autobiographical parts.”

“Anthony O'Donnell's Uncle Sam, is a lovely study of neutered ineffectualness.”