FORCELESS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

forceless

adjective

Definition of forceless

as in ineffective

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Adjective

Ironically, the authority of doctors was supremely important to medieval people, even if the treatments seem barbaric and ineffective now.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Sheriff Byron Roberson said deputies deployed 10 Taser probes, but some were ineffective, potentially because of the thickness of Lunceford’s construction clothing.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of ineffective

Adjective

Eventually, another clause was added to restrict the maximum number of fielders placed behind square on the leg side to two, making bodyline, which requires positioning multiple fielders in that area of the field, largely ineffectual.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Lekkerimäki, effectively, is both undersized, struggles to maintain possession of the puck along the wall, is an ineffectual defender and isn’t quick or fast enough to create the separation required to leverage his offensive tools against checkers.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of ineffectual

Adjective

The Commerce Department released a report Friday showing weak retail sales in July.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Following his coach and uncle Toni’s advice, Nadal finally beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2008, breaking Federer’s Open-Era-record five-year winning streak on grass, by playing high balls to Federer’s back hand, his weak point.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of weak

Adjective

And Aparna Nancherla warms up the ice-cold cast of characters as Matt and Jake’s sympathetic but powerless buddy in HR.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Cold comfort for Gaza’s two million residents, who remain shut out of the conversation and all but powerless to determine their fate.

— Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of powerless

Adjective

Republicans want to scare voters into thinking that if Democrats win the midterm elections, the United States will be on the road to a future in which the Senate is no more—or is, at best, an impotent debate club for elderly statesmen.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
There is no denying that a partner can feel impotent in that moment, but the notion that being absent entirely would improve matters for anyone is laughable.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of impotent

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