beside the point vs ineffectual

beside the point

adj

  • Irrelevant, moot. 

adv

  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

ineffectual

adj

  • Worthless; ineffective. 

  • Unable or insufficient to produce effect. 

  • Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness. 

How often have the words beside the point and ineffectual occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )