Sentence examples for quite ineffective from inspiring English sources

The second movement was quite ineffective.

"Under some circumstances of poor quality and attention, mammograms can be quite ineffective".

A few pastiche scenes are quite ineffective, the "Dance of Life" for one, when we see the young Jiang falling for a handsome actor who winds up deserting her.

"The packets were quite ineffective in reaching the people in need -- really just a drop in the bucket -- but they presented a real problem by blurring the line drawn between the military and us," he added.

Surprisingly, although increasing our sense of control works to increase eco-friendly behaviour, focusing purely on the effects of individual action (like I tend to in this column, ahem) often proves quite ineffective in motivating people to act.

I recall some quite ineffective concerts he presented with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra during the 1980s, when his work both as conductor and pianist, leading Mozart concertos from the keyboard, was mannered, listless and overly plush.

It is, however, quite inefficient at transonic flight speeds and is completely ineffective at subsonic velocities.

His industrial and agricultural policy was quite sensible but ineffective, since the economy was already in terminal decline.

President Bush's plan can be rendered completely ineffective quite simply: the American people must individually choose to stay with the current system.

Also, the changes seem to be quite marginal and ineffective.

However, paradoxically, at the same time, the system appears to sometimes facilitate provincial SEI development strategies that are quite risky or even likely ineffective.