inefficacy

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inefficacy - 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.
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           The seeming inefficacy of censures.      --Bp. Hall.
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           The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many
           similar medicines.                       --James
                                                    Gregory.
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inefficacy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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