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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TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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