| They had built a breakwater so ineffectual that any boat taking overnight shelter behind it was likely to be smashed to matchwood on the rocks. |
| He was portrayed as a brilliant lyrical poet, but an ineffectual dreamer whose poetry improved when he outgrew his youthful radicalism. |
| Finally, the intervention of allied troops was ineffectual and actually amateurish. |
| Yet, without strong and committed patrons, there is a real danger that he could become an ineffectual lame duck quite soon. |
| He also butted his head vainly against the British and by 1949 he was despised at home and abroad as an ineffectual playboy. |
| Apart from the lead, the play is undercast, and it is sloppily staged, even making experienced actors seen ineffectual. |
