inefficacy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inefficacy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inefficacy n a lack of efficacy Synonym(s): inefficacy, inefficaciousness Antonym(s): efficaciousness, efficacy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inefficacy \Inef"ficacy\, n. [L. inefficacia. See {In-} not, and {Efficacy}.] 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.