What does this word mean?

wimp
one that is weak, cowardly, or ineffectual

Also known as a "wuss".

It is a very informal word, isn't it?

since I didn't find it in any dictionary.

Yes, it's definitely informal!

Hi,

You normally hear it as 'He's a wuss', or 'They are wusses'. Not with -ies at the end. Spoken English only, and don't say it in places where you need to be polite.

Best wishes, Clive

Hi, Marius Hancu, what's the difference between ineffectual and ineffective? When to use ineffectual?

KanonathenaHi, Marius Hancu, what's the difference between ineffectual and ineffective? When to use ineffectual?

Not an easy one.

As you can see from the following, for persons ineffectual has connotations of lack of decisivenes and forcefulness, weakness, while ineffective is main

I've got this from "Mr. Franke":
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I see "He's ineffectual" as equivalent to "He's a loser". He's always
that way.

"He's ineffective", however, requires a complement, e.g.:

"He's ineffective as the CEO of this company, but he's a brilliant engineer".

I don't think you can say an inanimate object is ineffectual - or at least, you don't hear it often - but an object can be ineffictive. For example, you wouldn't really say that a... curtain is being ineffectual, although it might be ineffective.

I don't know if there is a specific grammatical reason there - more likely people just don't say 'that curtain is being rather ineffectual'.

For simplicity, use 'ineffectual' of people, and 'ineffective' of ideas and objects.

"He wants to be a leader, but he is a rather ineffectual person."

"The newly discovered compound was entirely ineffective in treating the illness."

"His new teaching methods were entirely ineffective and all the students failed their exams.
The only reason he kept his job was that t