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Adjective
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The suspect then allegedly stepped towards the officers with the weapon, and officers deployed a Taser and a firearm at the same time, but the Taser was ineffective.—
Adi Guajardo,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026 -
Combined with sensational media coverage and advocacy by special interests, such studies have led to ineffective or even harmful national health policies.—
Stephen B. Soumerai,
STAT,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The mattress first, a mattress from time immemorial that proved to be unbelievably heavy, flabby, and seemingly filled with sand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Gyms and exercise equipment companies don’t promote their locations and equipment with flabby, lumbering people, rather their ads show fit, upright, energetic individuals.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Their lack of insight into their adversaries’ intelligence capability makes these militiamen demonstrably ineffectual at halting intelligence breaches.—
Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, after a period of relative quiet, the M23 began clashing with the Congolese Army, a corrupt and largely ineffectual force.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Its formula of ceramides, astaxanthin, and arginine strengthen, provide elasticity, and heal weak or broken hair.—
Olivia Dubyak,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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These winds could occasionally trigger minor (G1-level) geomagnetic storm activity, though displays are expected to be weaker and more sporadic than those seen over the weekend.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The opponents of the mullahs are, for now, powerless against them.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2026
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Even after 23 years as a buyer and seller, eBay left me powerless.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Infant botulism can lead to bulbar palsies, hypotonia and a symmetric, descending, flaccid paralysis.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
16 Dec. 2025
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One of the main criticisms of the Oilers so far this season has been the flaccid approach to the physical aspect of the game.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Most people who get sick recover within a week, but infections can be severe in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Most healthy people recover without treatment, but severe illness can occur in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But this is the first time in recent memory in which the will of the majority feels both irrelevant and totally impotent.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
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Adding Venezuela — not a major producer today, but one with the potential to raise output by 2 million to 3 million barrels a day within a decade — would give the US the power to make OPEC+’s supply interventions impotent.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Forceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forceless. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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