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
Given the general inefficacy of the judiciary committee, though, he might not have anything to fear by turning up this time around.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2020
As Luther’s claims about the inefficacy of indulgences spread, with help from the new Gutenberg printing press, so did the idea of the solas, which formed the basis of the Reformation.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2019
But this faith of mine in an ideal and lasting union does not lessen at all my scepticism in the moral inefficacy of our present marriage system.
From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
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