It is hard to see what more could be done other than a punitive and probably ineffectual bombing campaign. |
Apart from the lead, the play is undercast, and it is sloppily staged, even making experienced actors seen ineffectual. |
He was portrayed as a brilliant lyrical poet, but an ineffectual dreamer whose poetry improved when he outgrew his youthful radicalism. |
He also butted his head vainly against the British and by 1949 he was despised at home and abroad as an ineffectual playboy. |
But in situations like this, ineffectual gestures are usually worse than no gestures at all. |
Yet, without strong and committed patrons, there is a real danger that he could become an ineffectual lame duck quite soon. |