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[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]