Having the gift of comprehension, she wholly knew their ineffectualness.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
Warren Venables had let it rest in the end, realizing bitterly at last the ineffectualness of contest.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
The damp has made the rope slack, so that the pulling action of the figure is in great measure destroyed, its effect being cancelled by its ineffectualness; but for this the reader will easily make due allowance.
"Ex Voto"
Samuel Butler