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inefficacious

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in·ef·fi·ca·cious  (n-f-kshs)
adj.
Not capable of producing a desired effect or result; ineffective.
in·effi·cacious·ly adv.
in·effi·cacious·ness n.
inefficacious [ˌɪnɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs]
adj
failing to produce the desired effect
inefficaciously  adv
inefficacy  [ɪnˈɛfɪkəsɪ], inefficaciousness, inefficacity [ˌɪnɛfɪˈkæsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inefficacious - lacking the power to produce a desired effect; "laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime"
ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective - not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"
efficacious - marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
Translations
inefficacious [ˌɪnefɪˈkeɪʃəs] ADJ (frm) → ineficaz
inefficacious
adj → unwirksam, wirkungslos, ohne Wirkung; policy → erfolglos, fruchtlos


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The raw bacon which clumsy Molly spares from her own scanty store that she may carry it to her neighbour's child to "stop the fits," may be a piteously inefficacious remedy; but the generous stirring of neighbourly kindness that prompted the deed has a beneficent radiation that is not lost.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
The precaution, however, is quite inefficacious, for the Indians never fail to procure liquor of a worse kind, at a dearer price, from travelling pedlars.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
It is my belief, however, that had I attempted a different order of composition, my faculties would not have been found so pointless and inefficacious.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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