inefficacy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of inefficacy
From the Late Latin word inefficācia, dating back to 1605–15. See in- 3, efficacy
Example Sentences
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The process is often triggered by post-approval studies showing inefficacy, according to Harvard Law professor I. Glenn Cohen.
From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2023
He seemed to think he could figure this out, make the kind of adjustment he has made so many times before in a career defined by his ability to stave off long stretches of inefficacy.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022
This extraordinary stylistic range stems from Graham’s wish to make a lavish formal show of her epistemological turbulence, her poems’ provisional victories over their own inefficacy.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2015
The incident sparked a fiery public debate and several protests decrying the inefficacy of the Gurgaon police.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2012
The extreme depravity and disgusting nature of the scene; the inefficacy of acting to encourage or maintain the delusion.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
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