INEFFICACY

inefficacy, inefficaciousness

(noun) a lack of efficacy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inefficacy (usually uncountable, plural inefficacies)

The condition of being ineffective

Source: Wiktionary


In*ef"fi*ca*cy, n. Etym: [L. inefficacia. See In- not, and Efficacy.]

Definition: Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means. The seeming inefficacy of censures. Bp. Hall. The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines. James Gregory.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.

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