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Meaning of "inefficacious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INEFFICACIOUS

inefficacious  [ˌɪnɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INEFFICACIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inefficacious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INEFFICACIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inefficacious in the English dictionary

The definition of inefficacious in the dictionary is failing to produce the desired effect.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INEFFICACIOUS


agaricaceous
əˌɡærɪˈkeɪʃəs
bombacaceous
ˌbɒmbəˈkeɪʃəs
brassicaceous
ˌbræsɪˈkeɪʃəs
dicacious
dɪˈkeɪʃəs
efficacious
ˌɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs
ericaceous
ˌɛrɪˈkeɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
juncaceous
dʒʌŋˈkeɪʃəs
micaceous
maɪˈkeɪʃəs
orobanchaceous
ˌɔːrəʊbæŋˈkeɪʃəs
perspicacious
ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs
pervicacious
ˌpɜːvɪˈkeɪʃəs
portulacaceous
ˌpɔːtjʊləˈkeɪʃəs
procacious
prəˈkeɪʃəs
salicaceous
ˌsælɪˈkeɪʃəs
smilacaceous
ˌsmaɪləˈkeɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
styracaceous
ˌstaɪrəˈkeɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
urticaceous
ˌɜːtɪˈkeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INEFFICACIOUS

ineffable
ineffableness
ineffably
ineffaceability
ineffaceable
ineffaceably
ineffective
ineffectively
ineffectiveness
ineffectual
ineffectuality
ineffectually
ineffectualness
inefficaciously
inefficaciousness
inefficacity
inefficacy
inefficiency
inefficient
inefficiently

WORDS THAT END LIKE INEFFICACIOUS

atrocious
audacious
auspicious
bodacious
bootylicious
conscious
delicious
ferocious
judicious
luscious
malicious
precious
previous
self-conscious
specious
subconscious
suspicious
unconscious
vicious
vivacious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of inefficacious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INEFFICACIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inefficacious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inefficacious

Translation of «inefficacious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INEFFICACIOUS

Find out the translation of inefficacious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inefficacious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inefficacious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

inefficacious
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ineficaz
570 millions of speakers

English

inefficacious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेअसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاجز عن إحداث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неэффективными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ineficaz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অকার্যকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inefficace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak cekap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unwirksam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無効で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

inefficacious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inefficacious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không công hệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர் பார்த்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अननुभवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etkisiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inefficace
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieskuteczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неефективними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ineficace
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναποτελεσματικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondoeltreffend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inefficacious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inefficacious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inefficacious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INEFFICACIOUS»

The term «inefficacious» is normally little used and occupies the 137.745 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INEFFICACIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inefficacious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inefficacious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inefficacious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INEFFICACIOUS»

Discover the use of inefficacious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inefficacious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nursing Student Retention: Understanding the Process and ...
In contrast, the inefficacious student (one with low confidence levels) is at risk for lowered persistence, poor motivation, and insufficient goal commitment, and may give up when obstacles or hardships are encountered. Such students may ...
Marianne R. Jeffreys, 2012
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
adjective 1 they made an ineffective attempt to resolve the issue: unsuccessful, non-successful, unproductive, fruitless, profitless, unprofitable, abortive, failed, futile, purposeless, worthless, useless, ineffectual, inefficient, inefficacious, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
3
Teaching Cultural Competence in Nursing and Health Care: ...
Individuals with strong self-efficacy perceptions in a specific domain think, feel, and act differently from those who are inefficacious or those who are overly confident. Therefore, when interpreting findings, one will look for ways to differentiate ...
Marianne R. Jeffreys, 2010
4
Truth, Rationality, Cognition, and Music
Thus, identity (or similarity) of causal powers is still good evidence for the overall resemblance between two things despite the fact that those things have causally inefficacious properties. Of course, these causally inefficacious properties are ...
Kepa Korta, Jesús M. Larrazabal, 2004
5
A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
Not producing its proper effect, or not able to produce its effect; inefficient; weak; as, an ineffectual remedy ; the Spaniards made an ineffectual attempt to reduce Gibraltar [See Inefficacious.] INEFFECTUALLY, adv. Without effect ; in vain.
Noah Webster, 1832
6
Observations on the Inefficacious Use of Irons, in Cases of ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
William Jackson, 2010
7
A Free Examination of the Inefficacious, Impolitic, and ...
A collection of anti-papal and anti-Catholic letters, tracts, and other documents dated in 1766.
‎1808
8
The works of ... Daniel Waterland. To which is prefixed, a ...
Consequently I distinguish betwixt an inefficacious and invalid administration. 12. Inefficacious it is, when only the inward part, the grace of the sacrament, is wanting. Invalid, when the outward administration (through some essential defect ) is ...
Daniel Waterland, William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham), 1823
9
The works of the Rev. Daniel Waterland
Consequently I distinguish betwixt an inefficacious and invalid administration. 12. Inefficacious it is, when only the inward part, the grace of the sacrament, is wanting. Invalid, when the outward administration (through some essential defect ) is ...
‎1823
10
Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern ...
In his terminology, some inefficacious acts exemplified the will as nature [ut natura] and some the will as reason [ut ratio]. Suarez criticized the view that the acts of the will as reason, as distinct from natural ones, were merely efficacious, and ...
Martin Pickavé, Lisa Shapiro, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INEFFICACIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inefficacious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'IMISX' Is A New Technique For Blueprinting 3-D Structure Of Proteins
This procedure was not only hazardous but also fallible and inefficacious. Moreover, the new IMISX technique will allow the scientists to devise ... «CrazyEngineers, Jun 15»
2
A Bug Crashes iPhone With A Small Arabic Text
However, news source AppleInsider has found it inefficacious. Abubaker Zahoor writes on diverse topics with special interest in innovations, ... «TechFrag, May 15»
3
The No of No No: Affirming the Great Heart Sutra
Likewise, rather than an inefficacious intellectual understanding, the Heart Sutra calls for a unitive experience and only then can the Heart ... «Patheos, May 15»
4
Valuing Philosophy Without Valuation: A Defense From Within
Supposing the possible (though not probable) scenario in which wisdom somehow lost its two p's, wisdom would be as causally inefficacious ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
5
The Consequences of Sitting on a Foreclosure Judgment
... that it was inefficacious for want of renewal. On this point, the court ruled that its research revealed no applicable law limiting the period within ... «New York Law Journal, May 15»
6
2015 election and resurgence of progressive politics in S'West
But keen observers of the politics of the zone saw the strategy as a belated and inefficacious one. Part of the strategy was the national ... «National Mirror, Apr 15»
7
The Water from His Side
There, Jesus turns water into a vivifying spirit — using masonry jars normally used for the Jewish mikvah, which were sitting there empty, inefficacious. Baptisms ... «National Review Online, Apr 15»
8
Bar code on drug packaging to track and trace authenticity
... in rural areas and distant villages. This leads to a potential risk of spurious, inefficacious and low quality medicines being sold in the market. «Times of India, Mar 15»
9
Why Malaysians in Britain are protesting on March 7
Writing letters to politicians or government are so inefficacious they are almost nugatory. We need a more participatory democracy to reclaim ... «Malaysiakini, Mar 15»
10
Asian parenting
In my experience, though all three approaches are useful, they are by themselves inefficacious. Discipline is necessary but too much of it robs ... «Republica, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Inefficacious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/inefficacious>. May 2024 ».
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