Ineffectual
121unproductive — I adjective abortive, arid, barren, doomed, dry, effete, exhausted, fallow, fruitless, futile, impotent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, infecund, infecundus, infertile, inoperative, issueless, jejune, nugatory, otiose, profitless,… …
122useless — I adjective barren, effete, fatuous, feckless, frivolous, fruitless, functionless, futile, idle, impotent, impracticable, inadequate, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inoperative, inutile, invalid, needless …
123weak — I (decrepit) adjective ailing, atonic, brittle, debilitated, delicate, dilapidated, dim, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, flaccid, fragile, impotent, infirm, passive, spent, timorous, unfortified, unhealthy, vulnerable, wasted II (deficient)… …
124NOTABLES, THE — name given to certain actual or virtual rulers of the different districts of France, consisting of men of different ranks, summoned together in a time of civic perplexity and trouble to advise the king, and especially the convocation of them… …
125feeble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See weakness. Ant., strong. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking strength] Syn. fragile, puny, strengthless, infirm; see weak 1 , 2 . 2. [Lacking effectiveness] Syn. impotent, ineffectual,… …
126inadequate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. scant, wanting, short, below par; incomplete, partial, deficient, lacking. See insufficiency.Ant., adequate. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Insufficient] Syn. lacking, deficient, scanty, short, meager,… …
127lame — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. crippled, halt; weak, ineffectual. See disease, failure, weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Forced to limp] Syn. crippled, defective, limping; see deformed , disabled . 2. [Sore] Syn. bruised,… …
128powerless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. impotent; paralyzed, incapable, weak, disabled. See impotence.Ant., powerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. impotent, feeble, infirm; see weak 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. weak, impotent,… …
