ineffective

(in-e-fek’tiv), a. [= F. in effect if = Pg. ineffectivo; as in-8 + effective. Not eftective; not producing any effect, or the effect desired; wanting effective energy or operation; inefficient; impotent: as, ineffective efforts; an ineffective blow. An ineffective pity and a lazy counsel, an empty ble ing and gay words, are but deceitful charity. Jer, Taylor, Works, 1. xii. The rules and prohibitions of morality, taken by themselves, are ineffective, but heaven and hell all can understand, J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 161.