| The regime reduced the two officially tolerated political parties to pliant ineffectuality. |
| If the only policy tool you allow yourself to use is tax credits, your reform agenda will sputter into ineffectuality. |
| Men whose love is unrequited feel victimized and seek revenge on their ladies, only to realize the ineffectuality of their retaliation. |
| Johan detests his son's ineffectuality, spewing contempt when Henrik requests a loan. |
| In much the same manner, Bernard's efforts to keep his experiment with the children under wraps remain equally doomed to ineffectuality. |
| Franklin's civilised demeanour is revealed as mere ineffectuality, and he is unable to save the murdered girl, whom he loves. |
