ineffectual vs privative

ineffectual

adj
  • Worthless; ineffective. 

  • Unable or insufficient to produce effect. 

  • Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness. 

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

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