Adjective : an ineffectual remedy. ,His efforts to sell the house were ineffectual.    From Dictionary.com. 

"ineffectualness" in common life, fell rather to my father's share than my uncle's; though my uncle's "worldliness," of which he was sometimes accused, if it ever existed, was never more than skin-deep.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1] Reference

In part, it came from the Klan's perceived ineffectualness.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference

I hated him passionately and hated my own ineffectualness even more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

Udo's supposed ineffectualness is in the eye of the beholder--Flora.    From Wordnik.com.  [The WritingYA Weblog: Summer Blog Blast Tour: Ysabeau Wilce!] Reference

It soon became and has remained since a national laughing stock because of its ineffectualness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference

Or, as you pointed out, is this ineffectualness of Dean's a way to isolate him and break him down?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Supernatural: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid - Pink Raygun.com] Reference

It is most often to impute naivete and ineffectualness, i.e. the term is used to infantilize its target.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Googooism in Action] Reference

And I don't agree that the qualities of absence or ineffectualness are drawn on gendered lines in FLORA SEGUNDA.    From Wordnik.com.  [The WritingYA Weblog: Summer Blog Blast Tour: Ysabeau Wilce!] Reference

The History of Homeland Security's ineffectualness weighed against the threat of blowback never came up at the HAW conference.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Must Not Deny the Threat of Blowback] Reference

The fact that ephecticism generally engenders ineffectualness should enable you to develop one or two phonically pleasing sentences.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE SUPERIOR PERSON'S BOOK OF WORDS.] Reference

She was angry enough with Lilith for having goaded her to the lie, but much angrier with herself for its blundering ineffectualness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Getting of Wisdom] Reference

Felten was scathing in his criticism of the simplicity and ineffectualness of the encryption, and his lecture was eagerly anticipated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Copyright law for the digital age is intolerably skewed] Reference

The ineffectualness of the army reminded me of the portrayal of the government bureaucrats in Stanislaw Lem's book "Memoirs Found in a Bathtub".    From Wordnik.com.  [How I got scolded by a Paul Giamatti lookalike or my review of The Crazies] Reference

The Salem trials did her no justice, and her treatment was indicative of the chaos and ineffectualness that had overtaken the Salem trials by the fall of 1692.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of American Women] Reference

Then why not have the courage of his convictions and do away with the proven ineffectualness and perversity of trying to regulate automotive fuel mileage directly?.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM Is Becoming a Royal Debacle] Reference

Meanwhile acquaintance with Carlyle had combined with experience to convince him of the comparative ineffectualness of mere art-criticism as a social and religious force.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of English Literature] Reference

So I wonder if the malaise and ineffectualness I've been complaining of has anything to do with the fact that I woke up this morning with the inside of my mouth scraped raw and my sinuses packed with cement.    From Wordnik.com.  [if i don't die by thursday i'll be roaring friday night] Reference

What could have been a good tale for me was ruined by the sheer helpless ineffectualness of Namuri.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

The man they chose, an Australian model named George Lazenby, is a boring 007, and his ineffectualness lowers the picture's quality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Listal promoted] Reference

Only one thing is certain: despite all measures the plaguespread more and more, giving striking confirmation of their ineffectualness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mein Kampf]

He would have been transparent against Georgetown but for the ineffectualness: one shot attempt, three turnovers and four fouls in 12 minutes.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"So, since it's not necessary we should reserve it as an object lesson in general ineffectualness, Miss St. Quentin, what shall we do with it?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference

His mind was not sufficiently prepared for lessons of wisdom; had Egremont witnessed this scene, he might well have groaned in spirit over the ineffectualness of his prophesying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thyrza] Reference

The governing body is determined to shed its old reputation for old boys 'club cosy ineffectualness and to prove that its compliance unit is independent of the professional game on which the FA relies for its income.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The WICB could not even lend itself to resolving the mess it created, in the end the Head of Digicel and Allen Stanford resolved it through dialogue and some relenting, further enhancing the ineffectualness of the WICB.    From Wordnik.com.  [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference

"mountain-climbers," as Esther sometimes called us, the ineffectualness of our lives would sweep over me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Wheel A Novel] Reference

Laura’s was inclined, at the best of times, to shrink away, keenly aware of its own paltriness and ineffectualness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Getting of Wisdom] Reference

"military" and "presidency" and that's "country", and regardless of who I voted for, I don't want the country to be harmed or diminished just because it'll demonstrate the President's ineffectualness.    From Wordnik.com.  [trying to grok] Reference

“ineffectualness” in common life, fell rather to my father's share than my uncle's; though my uncle's “worldliness,” of which he was sometimes accused, if it ever existed, was never more than skin-deep.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer's Recollections]

Feelings of depression and ineffectualness.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

They drive one's ineffectualness home on one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference

The ineffectualness of all passion loomed large.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel] Reference

I’m told it’s very good, and appropriately celebrates the utter ineffectualness of right wing trolls online. http://www. yearlykos.org/cookbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » 35 percent approval rating] Reference