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ineffectual
English
Alternative forms
- ineffectuall (obsolete)
Etymology
in- +? effectual
Adjective
ineffectual (comparative more ineffectual, superlative most ineffectual)
- Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
- Synonyms: futile; see also Thesaurus:futile
- 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter II. "Stage-coach Views", page 16.
- This coach was an exceedingly narrow one, but as there was a slight spherical excess over two on a seat, the driver waited till nine passengers had got in, without taking the measure of any of them, and then shut the door after two or three ineffectual slams, as if the fault were all in the hinges or the latch,—while we timed our inspirations and expirations so as to assist him.
- Worthless.
- Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
Antonyms
- effectual
Related terms
- ineffectualness
- ineffectuality
- ineffectually
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prosaic
English
Etymology
From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vert? (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p????ze?.?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /p?o??ze?.?k/
- Rhymes: -e??k
Adjective
prosaic (comparative more prosaic, superlative most prosaic)
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- Antonym: poetic
- (of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
- (main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
- Synonyms: humdrum, dull, unimaginative; see also Thesaurus:boring
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:
- Their steepness and abruptness were even greater than I had imagined from hearsay, and suggested nothing in common with the prosaic objective world we know.
Related terms
- prosaically
- prosaicness
- prose
Translations
Anagrams
- Caprios, ipocras, picaros
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