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Recent Examples of ineffectuality
Caroline’s anguish and her ineffectuality at making progress in finding Gabriel make for some frustrating moments as a reader.
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John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffectuality
Noun
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Delaying this only demonstrates the organization’s ineffectiveness in today’s NBA.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Those numbers make Kaprizov’s ineffectiveness even more sobering as the Wild search for answers against the Stars.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If this is the true face of the AI industry—a technological triumphalism that sees human thought as an inefficiency to overcome and human distinctiveness as a myth to debunk—the differences between the Church and Silicon Valley may prove irreconcilable.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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Education veterans told me that the department certainly has bloat and inefficiencies.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The impunity of the powerful was measured by the inefficacy of the outraged.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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When on day five of his mayoralty Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the inefficacy of homeless sweeps and avowed to end them, street homeless adults, advocates, and attorneys rejoiced.—
Deborah Berkman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even when Florida’s lead was insurmountable, Golden was conscious of when to play Rioux because of his inability to keep up with the pace of the game and maintain endurance.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The questions go to the heart of the frustration expressed by business leaders such as Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank’s boss, who warned just this month at Semafor World Economy that South Africa’s anemic economic growth was down to the state’s basic inability to uphold the rule of law.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But these songs are also honest, sometimes despite themselves, about the feelings of impotence associated with watching history play out on a screen.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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Those include epidural steroid injections for pain management, cervical fusion, diagnosis and treatment of impotence, and skin and tissue substitutes.—
Jillian Taylor,
StateImpact,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The incompetence at every level worsens and only two incompetents have been removed.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Trump’s complaints included accusations of impropriety and incompetence in Powell’s leadership of the renovation.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Ineffectuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffectuality. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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