ineffectual+person

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• ineffectual — in|ef|fec|tu|al [ ,ını fektʃuəl ] adjective 1. ) an ineffectual person does not have the ability or confidence to do something well: a gentle but ineffectual man 2. ) something that is ineffectual fails to achieve what it is intended to achieve:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ineffectual — UK [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl] / US adjective 1) an ineffectual person does not have the ability or confidence to do something well a gentle but ineffectual man 2) something that is ineffectual fails to achieve what it is intended to achieve a slow and… …   English dictionary

• ineffectual — adj. 1 a without effect. b not producing the desired or expected effect. 2 (of a person) lacking the ability to achieve results (an ineffectual leader). Derivatives: ineffectuality n. ineffectually adv. ineffectualness n. Etymology: ME f. med.L… …   Useful english dictionary

• ineffective, ineffectual — These words mean not effective, incompetent, futile : I tried hard, but I turned out to be an ineffective speaker. All the remedies for a cold that I have tried seem ineffectual. The only distinction between the meanings and uses of these words… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• Fart-arse — ineffectual person …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• droob — n. Austral. sl. a hopeless looking ineffectual person. Etymology: perh. f. DROOP * * * droob /droob/ (Aust informal) noun An ineffectual or contemptible person ORIGIN: Prob from US slang droop a drip …   Useful english dictionary

• List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish words used by English-speaking Jews — Yiddish words may be used in a primarily English language context. An English sentence that uses these words sometimes is said to be in Yinglish, however the primary meaning of Yinglish is an anglicism used in Yiddish. This secondary sense of the …   Wikipedia

• Walter Mitty — Infobox character colour = #DEDEE2 name = Walter Mitty caption = Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty first = The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The New Yorker , March 18, 1939 last = cause = nickname = The Old Man (in one fantasy) alias = species = gender =… …   Wikipedia

• lame duck — n. ineffectual person, one who has no power to bring about change (often used about a politician who is nearing the end of his final term in office); (Slang) unsuccessful business, ineffectual business …   English contemporary dictionary

• loser — [lo͞o′zər] n. 1. a) one that loses b) Informal one that seems doomed to lose; esp., an ineffectual person who habitually fails or is easily victimized 2. a person who reacts to loss or defeat in a specified way [a poor loser] 3. Slang a person… …   English World dictionary