Ineffective Sentence Examples

This half measure was as ineffective as was to have been expected.

Ismail's efforts to put an end to the slave trade, if sincere, were ineffective, and, moreover, south of Kordofan the authority of the government did not extend beyond the posts occupied by their troops.

The plan of an international fleet to coerce the Mahommedan is even to this day ineffective; but the Hospitallers, who acquired a new basis by the conquest of Rhodes in 1310, used their fleet to enforce a partial and, on the whole, ineffective blockade of the coast of the Levant.

The syllogism is ineffective, belonging to argumentation, and constraining assent where what we want is control of things.

Her mind control magic slid around him, ineffective this night.

The organization united locally, as in national politics, with the Democratic Party, with equally ineffective results.

The isomerism which occurs as soon as the molecule contains a few carbon atoms renders any classification based on empirical molecular formulae somewhat ineffective; on the other hand, a scheme based on molecular structure would involve more detail than it is here possible to give.

Though he possessed a fine and flexible voice, his manner as a speaker was ineffective, and his speeches were generally ill-arranged and destitute of oratorical point.

But he was deficient, it would seem, in the qualities that make an attractive lecturer, being harsh and indistinct in voice, ineffective in the treatment of his subject, and "singularly wanting in the language and power of illustration."

The proposed limit would also render the product ineffective.

There's no need to waste your time with ineffective study skills.

The justice administered in them was patriarchal and rough, but not ineffective.

However, in several cases, this diaper rash remedy is ineffective and may aggravate an existing rash over time.

Some people benefit from one, while the other is ineffective.

But the traditional methods of Roman administration were deplorably ineffective; on the accession of Gregory XVI.

In fact, practitioners of Karate-Do are now often belittled as deluded individuals practicing an ineffective children's art.

Conventional harrows were ineffective on the rough terrain but harnessing Doug Joiner's horses to drag a severed hawthorn bush worked.

Joe cole was also fairly ineffective, nothing else worth mentioning.

Put simply, the draft Protocol would have been singularly ineffective.

The League of Nations founded in 1919 eventually proved ineffective.

How can we make them moral but not indecisive, honest but not ineffective?

Be adopted under been largely ineffective in order to place a per-year.

Iraq uses anthrax in a liquid form, which is totally ineffective.

Many of the topical agents as outlined are relatively ineffective.

Pesticide use should be a last resort and may well be completely ineffective if the source of the problem is not removed or treated.

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We believe that despite recent positive progress, this is an area in which English Heritage has remained disappointingly ineffective.

All too often exercise seems ineffective in bringing life to the good.

In the midst of these ineffective councils the chief sits usually silent a kind of a gagged audience for village orators.

But that does not make systemic prophylactic vaccination ineffective or impractical.

It is not in the decay of combination and monopoly or in the growth of competition that we must look for the distinctive characteristics of modern problems. A 17th-century monopoly was a very weak and ineffective instrument compared with a modern syndicate; the Statute of Apprenticeship was certainly not so widely enforced as the " common rules " of trade unions; and many of the regulations of past times, which look so complicated to modern eyes, were conditions of free enterprise rather than restraints upon it.

An ineffective and extremely corrupt administration, a grave economic condition, new and heavy taxes, military repression, recurring heavy deficits in the budget, adding to a debt (about $150,000,000 in 1868) already very large and burdensome, and the complete fiasco of the junta of inquiry of Cuban and Porto Rican representatives which met in Madrid in 1866-1867--all were important influences favouring the outbreak of the Ten Years' War.

But at the time the doctrine was in force, MAD was effective (or at least, not proven ineffective).

Its aim was to attempt to discredit and render ineffective the assistance given by the SACC to the victims of apartheid.

Although topical agents are ineffective on their own, it has been found beneficial to use a selenium sulfide shampoo together with oral griseofulvin.

Each occasion on which tong placement is incorrect carries a serious risk of ineffective stunning.

When the experimental group had the same results as the control group, we concluded that the product was ineffective.

These ingredients are not found in most common household cleaners, making them ineffective on cat urine.

Different herbs act in different ways on the body and what may help with one type of pain may be totally ineffective on another.

Most research indicates that the treatment of psoriasis with the turmeric herb is generally ineffective.

The National Psoriasis Foundation claims that studies involving turmeric for the treatment of psoriasis have yielded insufficient results, making it an ineffective protocol for the relief of psoriasis symptoms.

Although making a to-do list is an effective time management tool, it is generally ineffective if it is not done in the proper way.

Attempting to diagnose a drug addiction on your own is both ineffective and potentially dangerous.

Some of the codes they post are outdated or simply ineffective due to users who posted codes belonging to one-time-offers.

This method is not recommended and is considered an ineffective means of training.

If so, that would allow the bacteria to overwhelm the antibiotic, rendering it ineffective.

After all, you don't want to put your cherished pet at risk or pay a large sum of money for an ineffective piece of equipment.

Maternal antibodies within the puppy will render the parvo virus ineffective, but the plummeting number of antibodies may not offer sufficient protection against parvo.

Even more startling, most of those pesticides are ineffective in treating the plant itself and are released into the environment.

Psychoanalysis, including dream interpretation, proves to be too exhaustive and potentially ineffective.

Though the R4 was rendered ineffective with the DSi, soon the R4i was released to take over the job.

Several infections can result in symptoms similar to FMF (Mallaret meningitis, for instance), and many people with FMF undergo exploratory abdominal surgery and ineffective treatments before they are finally diagnosed.

Facing forward to get air is an ineffective method; not only does it create more resistance, thus slowing you down, it may also lead to neck strain.

In dry climates, the air filter may simply become clogged and ineffective.

Because the H1N1 virus is a new discovery in human cases, the regular vaccines for seasonal flu are ineffective and a special H1N1 vaccine is necessary.

You don't want to hear that your writing is incoherent and ineffective when it's too late; get as much feedback as you can as you progress.

Another consideration that is important to note is that some piercings may render condoms ineffective, and this opens the door to a host of potential problems including sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy.

By closely monitoring the results of your branding strategy, you can more effectively make changes timely, thus cutting the cost of ineffective marketing techniques.

If you are looking for a healthy way to lose weight without worry of side effects or ineffective products, consult your doctor.

Even the best diet and exercise plan is ineffective without confidence.

Respected medical institutions like the British Heart Foundation have spoken out against this type of dieting, stating it is both dangerous and ineffective.

While controlled fasting is almost universally accepted among alternative health practitioners, conventional medicine asserts fasting diets are not only ineffective, they might actually be harmful.

But this was ineffective with the pianoforte, and is only explicable in Haydn as a survival.

This arrangement was expected to ensure a sufficient change in air to keep such railways properly ventilated, but experience has proved it to be ineffective for the purpose.

Commagene (Kummukh), Cyrrhestica, Phoenicia, Palestine, &c. It is ineffective in history, especially on the south and east.

The commission declared that the chasm between the native and white races had been broadening for years and that the efforts of the administration - especially since the grant of responsible government - to reconcile the Kaffirs to the changed conditions of rule and policy and to convert them into an element of strength had been ineffective.

The left of the Scots was ineffective, as was a part of their centre of foot on the upper part of the hillside, and the English commander proposed to deal with the remainder.

The " Good Hope " had now opened fire, but in the failing light the splashes could not be seen and her firing was poor and ineffective.

A state dispensary, similar to that of South Carolina, was established in 1898 by a vote of 22,170 to 20,557, but it proved ineffective and was superseded in 1900 by the licence system.

In 1758, under the duke of Marlborough, he shared in the ineffective raid on Cancale Bay, and the troops, after a short sojourn in the Isle of Wight, were sent to join the allied army of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick in Germany.

But he lost 15,000 men in the course of his seven days' retreat, and 20% of the remainder became ineffective from disease contracted in the swamps of the Chickahominy, while enormous quantities of valuable stores at White House on the Pamunkey had been burnt to avoid seizure by the enemy.

But Northumberland's plots and the active help of the French proved ineffective.

Acre was captured, but quarrels among the chiefs of the expedition made the enterprise ineffective.

The auditors so appointed are charged with the duty of auditing the accounts of the treasurer, but they have no power of disallowance or surcharge, and their audit is therefore quite ineffective.

The Indians attacked the fort on the 22nd of June (1763), and kept up a continuous, though ineffective, fire upon it from the 27th of July until the 1st of August, when they drew off and advanced to meet the relieving party under Colonel Bouquet.

As an ally she was ineffective, nor could she ever rid herself of her narrowly Peloponnesian outlook sufficiently to throw herself heartily into the affairs of the greater Hellas that lay beyond the isthmus and across the sea.

Other light switches were as equally ineffective as the first.

He felt helpless and ineffective in dealing with this scoundrel who dared grope his wife in Dean's own house!

The arrogant questions were rendered ineffective.

But the wind was quite strong and rendered these walls ineffective.

Ironically, if the whole point of purging these apps was to remove questionable content from the iPhone, then it is largely ineffective.

Unlike hemophilia, where bleeding is caused by an ineffective clotting mechanism in the blood, bleeding in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is caused by fragile blood vessels.

A brain biopsy (surgical gathering of a small tissue sample) may be recommended in some cases in which treatment has thus far been ineffective and the cause of the encephalitis is unclear.

Antiviral treatment is ineffective for eastern equine encephalitis, and mortality is approximately 30 percent.

However, this effort is ineffective without the needed genetic instructions to make enough functioning hemoglobin.

However, disclosure to family members may lead to pressure to change through psychological or religious "conversion" therapies, which the ASHA regards as ineffective.

Parents should be concerned primarily with identifying the cause(s) of a child or adolescent's contact dermatitis, as treatment is often ineffective until the offending substance can be removed or avoided.

Narcotics may be ineffective against some forms of chronic pain, especially since changes in the spinal cord may alter the usual pain signaling pathways.

Next, surgery should be done only if noninvasive procedures are ineffective.

Ear candling is not only an ineffective way to remove impacted cerumen, it can actually damage the ear.

Ventricular fibrillation-An arrhythmia characterized by a very rapid, uncoordinated, ineffective series of contractions throughout the lower chambers of the heart.

If one antidepressant is ineffective, then there is probably another one that can be tried.

Treatment is limited to combating the symptoms of measles because antiviral drugs as of 2004 are ineffective.

A particular area of genes that should control the production and function of a protein called ubiquitin is either absent or ineffective.

Fluoride is ineffective against gum disease, the major destroyer of teeth.

One piece of fringe is cut from the shawl, which is done to make it ineffective.

Moreover, depending on the severity of the hair growth, efforts to disguise this problem may be complicated and ineffective.

A parent must understand that direct instruction or lecture-style instruction with note-taking may be impossibly boring and an ineffective teaching method for long periods of time.

When deciding on whether to homeschool a child, parents should learn the facts about homeschooling, and realize that homeschooling is a job, and it can be as effective or ineffective as the person who is teaching.

Effectiveness of the pills goes down after 24 hours and continues to drop until it becomes essentially ineffective.

Some of these medicines can damage condoms and diaphragms, making them ineffective.

Anyone who wants to avoid becoming pregnant should consider other alternatives because douching is simply ineffective.

Take time for you - An exhausted parent is an ineffective parent.

Letters centered toward the top or bottom of the page are ineffective and not eye appealing.

If you've ever struggled to stay awake during a lecture or speech, you know firsthand the result of ineffective language and/or poorly organized ideas.

Some of the stretches you may have learned in high school gym class are out of date and ineffective, so follow these guidelines to begin.

At this point the parents are usually ineffective, overwhelmed, and quite frazzled.

After a rather ineffective artillery bombardment the Japanese advanced in full force, without hesitation or finesse, and plunging into the river, stormed forward under a heavy fire.

As for the Greeks, the union met with much opposition, particularly from the monks, and was rejected by three Oriental patriarchs at a synod of Jerusalem in 1443; and after various ineffective attempts to enforce it, the fall of Constantinople in 1453 put an end to the endeavour.

After an ineffective siege of Basel, he made peace with the Swiss confederation, and led his robber soldiers into Alsace to ravage the country of the Habsburgs, who refused him the promised winter quarters.

The native princes, who claimed to be descended from Alexander the Great, were till 1868 practically independent, though their allegiance was claimed in an ineffective way by Khokand, but eventually Bokhara took advantage of their intestine feuds to secure their real submission in 1877.

The pursuit of the French was ineffective, for Tourville persisted in keeping his ships in line of battle, which forced them to regulate their speed by the slowest among them.

Besides minor advantages, this plan has the merit of avoiding an ineffective period which occurs in common open-hearth procedure just after the charge of cast iron has been melted down.

More important, though equally ineffective, was the scheme of Demosthenes to march from Naupactus through Aetolia, subduing the wild hill tribes, to Cytinium in Doris (in the upper valleys of the Cephissus) and thence into Boeotia, which was to be attacked simultaneously from Attica.

The immigration of Jews from Russia was mainly responsible for the ineffective yet oppressive Aliens Act of 1905.

Some administrations, in addition to employing the ordinary position meter, use a second one for registering ineffective calls.

He was weak, vacillating and ineffective as a politician, lacking in judgment and decision, and without any great parliamentary talent.

An ingenious, though ineffective, proposal for the reform of the calendar was put forward in his Elenchus Calendarii Gregoriani (Frankfort, 1612); and he published a book on music, Melodiae condendae ratio (Erfurt, 1592), still worth reading.

For several reasons this method is ineffective, and, where possible, is now superseded by underground drainage by means of pipe-tiles.

Sabbatai lacked one quality without which enthusiasm is ineffective; he failed to believe in himself.