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INEFFICACIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking the power to produce a desired effect
Example:
laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime
Classified under:
Also:
ineffective; ineffectual; uneffective (not producing an intended effect)
Attribute:
efficaciousness; efficacy (capacity or power to produce a desired effect)
Antonym:
efficacious (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect)
Derivation:
inefficaciousness (a lack of efficacy)
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