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Adjective
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Alpenblow also says its inflator is ineffective for stoking a fire due to the non-laminar airflow, whereas Nitecore advertises fire stoking as another use for the AP01.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Apr. 2026 -
The candidates also debated leadership and experience, with Abraham criticizing Foster and calling him an ineffective leader who ignores constituents and doesn’t give the district a strong voice at City Hall.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Looking to get rid of love handles or flabby thighs?—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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Pizza Though most college students would disagree, microwaving transforms pizza into flabby wedges with rubbery crusts.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
18 Feb. 2026
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Others get more personal, as when Anushka (Meaghan Rath), the ineffectual chief ethicist at a Google-like giant, and her oddball inventor husband, Martin (Simon Helberg), butt heads over her skepticism of his work.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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That organization still exists (and its leaders attended the London meeting), but many of the original participants dropped out of it because of differences over tactics and strategy, and the group that remains is small and ineffectual.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Small hail is possible, and an isolated weak/brief tornado can't be ruled out.—
Mary Ours,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Sean McMorris, transparency, ethics and accountability program manager with California Common Cause, a nonpartisan government watchdog, said in an email Friday that heavy reliance on outside vendors can increase the risk of fraud or mismanagement if oversight is weak.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the milliseconds before a collision, truck drivers are often powerless to avert disaster.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Brewers had their own ace to play, though, and the Boston bats looked powerless against Jacob Misiorowski in the early innings.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Leaving it out of the fridge for too long can also catapult celery into flaccid territory.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
5 Apr. 2026
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The clip went viral, representing a rare show of backbone amid what had otherwise been a flaccid Democratic opposition after Trump’s return to office.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Young children, travelers, gay or bisexual men, and those with weakened immune systems are at a higher risk of contracting Shigella, the CDC cautioned.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Testing failure Another error highlighted in the report involved recording inaccurate test results in September 2024 for a liver that tested positive for a common infection that can be deadly for people with weakened immune systems, such as transplant patients.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Iranian regime is being rendered impotent.—
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FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Even in places that offer highly advanced health care, doctors have felt impotent trying to undo the damage when these horrors return.—
Patricia Callahan,
ProPublica,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Forceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forceless. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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