INEFFECT'UAL, adjective [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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.