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Not producing any significant or desired effect

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

Lacking sufficient power or strength

Not valid or legally binding

Lacking strength or will in one's character

Not properly working or having the desired effect

Lacking vigor or effectiveness

Having a pale or unhealthy skin tone

Muddleheaded or confusing

Having the desire to do idealistic deeds without pragmatism

Repeated often to the point of being stale or commonplace

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Adjective

Not producing any significant or desired effect

counterproductive

inconsequential

without success

good-for-nothing

non-functioning

not worth the candle

disadvantageous

without rhyme or reason

a load of pants

unable to do something for toffee

self-sabotaging

self-destructive

of no earthly use

in vicious circle

no good to gundy

spinning one's wheels

wild goose chase

shooting blanks

lacking foundation

without grounds

without foundation

unable to do something to save one's life

not all it's cracked up to be

not good enough

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

dissatisfactory

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“If little else, the response was ineffective and certainly not constructive.”

Adjective

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

not good enough

lacking ability

not up to scratch

not cut out for

not up to snuff

leaving much to be desired

unable to do something for toffee

not equipped to

unequal to the task

out of your depth

not know one's arse from one's elbow

lacking experience

no great shakes

unqualified for

unable to do something

out of one's element

can't make the grade

inappropriate to

not good enough for

not designed for

nonprofessional

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

all fingers and thumbs

not qualified for

insufficient for

found wanting in

bottom-of-barrel

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Adjective

Lacking sufficient power or strength

Adjective

Not valid or legally binding

no longer current

no longer topical

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Adjective

Lacking strength or will in one's character

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

chicken-hearted

hemming and hawing

chicken-livered

easily frightened

lacking courage

shilly-shallying

having cold feet

sitting on the fence

blowing hot and cold

afraid of one's own shadow

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

without a will of your own

afraid of one's shadow

lacking feeling

lacking assurance

lacking self-confidence

approval-seeking

not self-assured

lacking in confidence

lacking confidence

lacking in vitality

having the willies

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Adjective

Not properly working or having the desired effect

not functioning

out of commission

not in working order

in a state of disrepair

on its last legs

non-functioning

in need of repair

in poor condition

given up the ghost

stopped working

non-operational

not in operation

unavailable for use

gone to rack and ruin

badly maintained

poorly maintained

falling to pieces

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Adjective

Lacking vigor or effectiveness

Adjective

Having a pale or unhealthy skin tone

like death warmed up

white as a sheet

white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

as white as a ghost

unhealthy-looking

light-colored^US

light-coloured^UK

drained of color

looking as if one has seen a ghost

anaemic-looking

jaundiced-looking

the worse for wear

under the weather

green about the gills

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Adjective

Muddleheaded or confusing

Adjective

Having the desire to do idealistic deeds without pragmatism

head-in-the-clouds

out of touch with reality

out of the question

castle-building

with your head in the clouds

over-optimistic

ill-thought-out

not worth considering

like herding cats

impossible to carry out

contrary to reason

hardly possible

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Adjective

Repeated often to the point of being stale or commonplace

run-of-the-mill

past their sell-by date

standardized^US

conventionalized

standardised^UK

dull as dishwater

nothing to write home about

no great shakes

lacking excitement

lacking interest

undistinguished

middle-of-the-road

common or garden

lacking variety

unsophisticated

run of the mill

lacking variation

nothing to get excited about

soul-destroying

run-of-the-mine

dull as ditchwater

middle of the road

nothing special

readily available

widely available

fair-to-middling

fair to middling

straightforward

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