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
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
He also became convinced of the inefficacy of Congressional oversight of the agency.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2014
The prince, whose humanity would not suffer him to insult misery with reproof, went away convinced of the emptiness of rhetorical sound, and the inefficacy of polished periods and studied sentences.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
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