Ineffective
Ineffective adjective - Not producing the desired result.
Very bad and ineffective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very bad" instead an adjective "Ineffective".
Very bad
Ineffective and very bad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ineffective" instead an adjective phrase "Very bad".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The first guy is quickly taken out, but the second guy (the one with the AKM) is a very bad shooter, since he's using a couch as an ineffective source of cover and pretty much shooting blindly (even inadvertently hitting his own comrade).
Source: Film / The Siege
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Very bad and Ineffective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ineffective/very_bad
Ineffective & Very bad. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ineffective/very_bad>.
Very bad or Ineffective. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ineffective/very_bad.
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