Sentence examples for ineffectual operations from inspiring English sources

He told members of Jihad that their ineffectual operations in Egypt were too expensive, and that it was time for them to "turn their guns" on the United States and Israel.

Collingwood's influence was enough to block additional rewards to Duckworth, who subsequently returned to the Mediterranean and in 1807 commanded the fleet at the ineffectual Dardanelles Operation.

Reform the ineffectual complaints procedure.

Poor operation and ineffectual leadership continued to bog down the company for many years.

Many have long argued that Asia's institutional architecture falls short, with a mess of competing structures that include the big if ineffectual APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation, a talk-shop on trade), ASEAN, ASEAN+3 (ie, plus Japan, China and South Korea) and the newish and still wobbly East Asia Summit (EAS, made up of ASEAN+3, India, Australia and New Zealand).

The Times also reported that the agency is often slow to act and ineffectual in its regulation of hazardous waste operations.

Unfortunately, this weeding out process has proven ineffectual.

He called on DHS to return to the Bush era of highly politicized, ineffectual and inhumane workplace raids, which put the focus of immigration enforcement on rounding up undocumented immigrants in massive, military-style operations, instead of going after employers who knowingly exploit the system.

A bit ineffectual.

Traffic police are ineffectual.

It has proved ineffectual.