transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnɪfektʃuəl ]
If someone or something is ineffectual , they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do.
The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
ADJ
• in‧ef‧fec‧tu‧al‧ly
Her voice trailed off ineffectually.
ADV