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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a lack of efficacy;
[syn: inefficacy, inefficaciousness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inefficacy \In*ef"fi*ca*cy\, n. [L. inefficacia. See In- not, and Efficacy.] Lack of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means. [1913 Webster] The seeming inefficacy of censures. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines. --James Gregory. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inefficacy n 1: a lack of efficacy [syn: inefficacy, inefficaciousness] [ant: efficaciousness, efficacy]