Related Clues:

• 'It's ___!' ('I give up!')
• Gumption to the English is futile
• Intelligence and energy are ineffective
• Hopeless, lacking purpose
• Lacking purpose, but in France we get the point
• "We tried everything"
• 'It'll never work'
• "It'll never work"
• 'It's ___!' (defeated cry)
• Reason English won't help?
• 'It's --!' (quitter's cry)
• Ineffectual despite having commonsense and energy
• Hopeless - lacking purpose
• Ineffectual Sue on manoeuvres
• European support for common sense is out of the question