Ineffective
Running
Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the car has been running for almost an entire day
Ineffective is an antonym for running.
Both words in one sentence
- The police are often noticeably ineffective in Vice City, only getting off their asses to stop a criminal who is running over little old ladies repeatedly in the middle of the street.
Source: Vice City -
It proves woefully ineffective, and the defenders kill so many Orcs, that they are soon literally running up a pile of Orc corpses to smash the battering ram into the gate.
Source: Atop a Mountain of Corpses -
Mind over Matter: Upon running into Delacroix in the ruins of Murdoa, Arcia, after saving an incapacitated Sieg and declaring vengeance for her murdered brother, finds that her bullets are ineffective.
Source: Video Game / Chaos Legion
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