inefficacious
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of inefficacious
First recorded in 1650–60; in- 3 + efficacious
Example Sentences
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Most nostrums hit at only one of the causes and so are frequently inefficacious.
From Time Magazine Archive
Remedies for the starling plague were suggested, some facetious, some earnest, all equally inefficacious.
From Time Magazine Archive
He now stood trembling in fear of Elizabeth’s reproof, stammering out a wild protestation of his inability to save the horse by force, and of his inefficacious attempts to save him by prayer.
From The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 by Robert Neilson Stephens
Their united efforts were vain, however; and even the remedies suggested by Apollo, god of medicine, proved inefficacious.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
They have used the leaves in such large proportion, that the doses have been sufficient, or more than sufficient, even in their most inefficacious state.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
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