Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-EF-FECT'U-AL
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IN-EF-FECT'U-AL, a. [in and effectual.]
Not producing its proper effect, or not able to produce its effect; inefficient; weak; as, an ineffectual remedy; the Spaniards made an ineffectual attempt to reduce Gibraltar. [See Inefficacious.]
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