"ineffectual response" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It can be used to describe a response or action that is not capable of producing the desired result or outcome. Example: Despite repeated attempts to resolve the issue, the company's ineffectual response only escalated the tension between the two parties.
Mr. Aung Din said an ineffectual response to the cyclone would probably further resentment against Myanmar's military government.
Their decision to promote guidelines, however, was criticized by some nutritionists and eating-disorder specialists as an ineffectual response.
Until Shanahan's suspension of Torres, critics blasted the league for what they saw as an ineffectual response to playoff violence.
"Exercising your anger on a few criminals for putting people in the container ship is a very shortsighted and very ineffectual response to this immense tragedy".
The crusades were merely "a long-delayed, very limited, and finally ineffectual response" to Islam's conquests.This is all fine so far as it goes.
The government was heavily criticized for its slow and ineffectual response, as well as its initial refusal to accept help from foreign countries.
Fans of historical analogy compare his performance to ineffectual responses by President Jimmy Carter during the Iran hostage crisis, and President George W. Bush during Hurricane Katrina.
Later, villainy was of a more neglectful nature — particularly when it came to weather, as with the ineffectual responses to the blizzards of 1888, 1969 and 2010.
The depletion of ATP in Drp1 cells, presumably caused by one or more respiratory chain defects and coupled with an intact but ineffectual pAMPK response, suggested that alternate compensatory mechanisms might be needed to minimize energy consumption while preserving survival and proliferation.
But the importance, throughout Latin America, of the ineffectual, disingenuous U.S. response to the Honduran coup is not small.
Concentrating attentively and selectively on the issues that really concern you, rather than fretting and being ineffectual in your response, can help you relax and give some space to get a fresh look at the subject.
