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Ineffectual exhortation to be more economical (7)

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useless

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'ineffectual' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

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(Other definitions for useless that I've seen before include "to no avail" , "Good for nothing" , "idle" , "nohoper?" , "Serving no practical purpose" .)

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