different between ineffectual vs inconstant

English

Alternative forms

• ineffectuall (obsolete)

Etymology

in- +? effectual

Adjective

ineffectual (comparative more ineffectual, superlative most ineffectual)

1. Unable or insufficient to produce effect.

   Synonyms: futile; see also Thesaurus:futile

   • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter II. "Stage-coach Views", page 16.

     This coach was an exceedingly narrow one, but as there was a slight spherical excess over two on a seat, the driver waited till nine passengers had got in, without taking the measure of any of them, and then shut the door after two or three ineffectual slams, as if the fault were all in the hinges or the latch,—while we timed our inspirations and expirations so as to assist him.

2. Worthless.
3. Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.

Antonyms

• effectual

Related terms

• ineffectualness
• ineffectuality
• ineffectually

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• inconstaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French inconstant

Adjective

inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)

1. Not constant; wavering.
2. Unfaithful to a lover.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +? constant.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /i?.kons?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i?.kuns?tan/

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

inconstant (masculine and feminine plural inconstants)

1. inconstant

   Antonym: constant

Related terms

• inconstància

Further reading

• “inconstant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inconstant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inconstant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inconstant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From in- +? constant.

Adjective

inconstant (feminine singular inconstante, masculine plural inconstants, feminine plural inconstantes)

1. inconstant

Further reading

• “inconstant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French inconstant.

Adjective

inconstant m or n (feminine singular inconstant?, masculine plural inconstan?i, feminine and neuter plural inconstante)

1. inconstant

Declension