Ineffectual
Ineffectual adjective - Not producing the desired result.
Running is an antonym for ineffectual.
Nearby Words: ineffective, ineffectively
Running
Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the car has been running for almost an entire day
Ineffectual is an antonym for running.
Both words in one sentence
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When the roles were reversed, Big E was reduced to being completely ineffectual in any action that wasn't simply running into Del Rio, who easily made Big E tap with the cross arm breaker.
Source: Wrestling / Big E Langston -
They spend some time running and jumping around, trading ineffectual attacks, then they pause in the plaza, Bijomaru gives Azumi his Worthy Opponent line, and this is how the duel ends.
Source: Film / Azumi -
Omniscient Council of Vagueness: The File of Nine, a group of warlords running a city state on the opposite side of the Glittering Stone, serves as a rather ineffectual example.
Source: Literature / The Black Company
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Running and Ineffectual. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ineffectual/running
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