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
He justified the approach by pointing to the inefficacy of other methods and asserting that there was “an intimate connection between the story of the patient’s sufferings and the symptoms of his illness.”
From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019
Mercifully, banner ads are in decline, due less to their ugliness than their inefficacy: Readers quickly learned to ignore them.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015
The only answer they generally received was, that it was the custom of the country; and the only result of their efforts was the distressing conviction of the inefficacy of their humane endeavors.
From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby
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