ADJECTIVE | all | inefficacious | lacking the power to produce a desired effect |
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Meaning | lacking the power to produce a desired effect. | |
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Example | "laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime" | |
Attribute of | efficacy, efficaciousness | Capacity or power to produce a desired effect |
See also | ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual | not producing an intended effect |
Opposite | efficacious | marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect |
Spanish | ineficaz | |
Nouns | inefficaciousness | a lack of efficacy |
Adverbs | inefficaciously | in an ineffective manner |
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