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inefficacy

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in·ef·fi·ca·cy  (n-f-k-s)
n.
The state or quality of being incapable of producing a desired effect or result.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.inefficacy - a lack of efficacy
inefficaciousness
ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness - lacking the power to be effective
efficaciousness, efficacy - capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"
Translations
inefficacy [ɪnˈefɪkəsɪ] N (frm) → ineficacia f
inefficacy
n → Unwirksamkeit f, → Wirkungslosigkeit f; (of policy) → Erfolglosigkeit f, → Fruchtlosigkeit f


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This censorial body, therefore, proves at the same time, by its researches, the existence of the disease, and by its example, the inefficacy of the remedy.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
Supposing this person, wearied at the inefficacy of the poison, should, as Monte Cristo intimated, have recourse to steel
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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