inefficacious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inefficaciously adverb
- inefficaciousness noun
- inefficacity noun
- inefficacy noun
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
A few Spotswoods, scattered here and there in the seats of the mighty of our modern America, might not prove inefficacious.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison
Punishment, being primarily mischievous, is out of place when groundless, inefficacious, unprofitable, or needless.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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.
From The Scarlet Letter by Foote, Mary Hallock
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