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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Remedies for the starling plague were suggested, some facetious, some earnest, all equally inefficacious.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most nostrums hit at only one of the causes and so are frequently inefficacious.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The puerilities of inefficacious charms and mysterious ceremonies with which he deludes his clients are not all.
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter
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 Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
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