| inefficaciously | (adv) in an ineffective manner, Syn. ineffectively, Ant. effectively, efficaciously, Example: he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively |
| inefficacious | (adj) lacking the power to produce a desired effect, Ant. efficacious, Example: laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime |
| inefficacy | (n) a lack of efficacy, Syn. inefficaciousness, Ant. efficacy |
| Inefficaciously | adv. Without efficacy or effect. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Inefficacious | a. [ Pref. in- not + efficacious: cf. F. inefficace, L. inefficax. ] Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of disorders. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be; for we can not always know whether means are inefficacious till experiment has proved them ineffectual. Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous with ineffectual. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Inefficaciousness | n. Lack of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| inefficacious | (adj) ซึ่งไม่มีประโยชน์, See also: ซึ่งไม่ได้ผล, Syn. powerless, ineffectual, ineffective |
| inefficacious | (อินเอฟฟะเค'เชิส) adj. ไม่ได้ผล, ไม่ได้ผลเป็นที่พอใจ., See also: inefficaciousness, inefficacity n., Syn. useless, vain |
| inefficacious | (adj) ไม่ชะงัด, ไม่เป็นผลดี |