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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forceless
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Finally, decades of strict criminal responses to drug use have not only proven to be largely ineffective but also dramatically unfair.—
Michael Abrams,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025 -
Some of them ended up being very effective (Anthony DeSclafani, Wood), and some of them were ineffective (Aaron Sanchez, Scott Kazmir).—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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At a hefty 2 hours and 24 minutes, the film is flabby, not jacked, and lacking in an unpredictable live-wire element.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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His pale face and flabby jowls belie too much time spent under fluorescent office lighting, too little in the gym.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The students’ stunning reaction shortly after the shooting, refusing to succumb to their grief and calling out ineffectual politicians, captured the nation while also drawing backlash from the far-right.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Palestinian Authority is corrupt, ineffectual and undemocratic; Hamas in Gaza has run a satanical mafia state, half theocracy and half kleptocracy, indoctrinating the youth for barbarism while crushing the spirit of the adults.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Trade Desk missed fourth-quarter revenue estimates and issued weak guidance.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Twilio — Shares of the cloud communications company plunged 15% on the heels of its weak earnings guidance.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Trump and his Justice Department are powerless to undermine state charges.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
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But Poole, an Air Force veteran who now works as a civilian trainer, says he's lost all trust in the government as President Donald Trump pushes a now-or-never buyout on federal workers and Democrats seem powerless to stop him.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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When your nerves aren’t able to communicate with each other, your muscles enter a state of flaccid paralysis, says McBride.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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But given the Biden Administration’s flaccid border policy, Trump carried 89% of voters who ranked immigration as their top concern.—
Nancy Gibbs,
TIME,
4 Dec. 2024
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Hamit has a history of rage and abuse, leading Ali down a darkening path that may, strangely, end up jumpstarting his impotent life.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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Then, the Ducks punched back, and the Penguins looked pretty impotent for the remainder of the opening 20 minutes.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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His spineless vice president and defense secretary then echoed Trump’s garbage.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Zuckerberg blasts Biden admin on Joe Rogan; Dave Portnoy calls CEO ‘spineless jellyfish’ Robby Soave and Lynda Tran react to Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
13 Jan. 2025
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