In`ef*fect"ive (?), a. [Pref. in- not + effective: cf. F. ineffectif.]

Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.

The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffective letter. Jer. Taylor.

 

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