How to Use ineffective in a Sentence

ineffective

adjective

• The treatment was ineffective against the disease.
• And then the costs of ineffective effort start to pile up.
  — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• Most of the ways people spend their time are ineffective.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026
• That tip is dull and ineffective.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• Not all of the actions taken by the city have been ineffective.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
• Some people claim that weight loss gummies are ineffective, but this is not the case.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• But many of us know that yelling is an ineffective way to get your kids to listen to you or take action.
  — Vicki Glembocki, Parents, 19 Mar. 2024
• So, many of my best weapons, most of which applied a fire status, were ineffective.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• That means the price cap will be ineffective, Brusuelas said.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• If the situation gets worse or is ineffective go ahead and give your plumber a call.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
• Walz has been ineffective in stopping it.
  — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
• At least one study shows the bill is likely to be ineffective at boosting supply.
  — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2024
• It may be rendered ineffective before it can be brought to bear in combat.
  — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
• Their navy has been deemed combat ineffective.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2026
• Democrats say the wall is ineffective and sends a message that the country does not want to let anyone in.
  — Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2022
• The offense has grown stale and ineffective.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Dec. 2025
• But slice through any chunk of firewood and hit dirt or a rock, and your blade can go from sharp to ineffective in a second.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
• Then, as now, the debt ceiling was a clumsy and ineffective tool to impose thrift.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2021
• Zekovnet said that there is no justice in the colony, and trying to complain was ineffective.
  — Juliet Butler, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
• But a post on social media claims the type of mask that many wear to prevent the spread of the virus is ineffective.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
• Some sham surgery studies have proven that treatments are ineffective.
  — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
• That’s not even to say Gobert was ineffective.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
• Stop signs have been used in the past and are less costly to install, but in some areas have been proven ineffective.
  — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2021
• The run game was ineffective, and the defense gave up two fourth-quarter touchdowns.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
• In the face of such Black Swan events, last year’s thinking is ineffective at best.
  — Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
• But this month’s prolonged stretch of nighttime heat has made the practice ineffective.
  — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
• The adults—the teachers, the cops—are overwhelmed, ineffective, dazed.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
• Both are injured right now, and Montas has been ineffective when healthy.
  — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• The result is a system that is both costly and ineffective.
  — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• The existing vaccines may prove to be ineffective against one or more of the new variants.
  — Jeffrey D. Sachs, CNN, 12 May 2021