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Meaning of "inefficacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INEFFICACY

inefficacy  [ɪnˈɛfɪkəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INEFFICACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inefficacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INEFFICACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inefficacy in the English dictionary

The definition of inefficacy in the dictionary is failure to produce the desired effect.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INEFFICACY


advocacy
ˈædvəkəsɪ
circussy
ˈsɜːkəsɪ
circusy
ˈsɜːkəsɪ
complicacy
ˈkɒmplɪkəsɪ
delicacy
ˈdɛlɪkəsɪ
efficacy
ˈɛfɪkəsɪ
graphicacy
ˈɡræfɪkəsɪ
hygrochasy
haɪˈɡrɒkəsɪ
indelicacy
ɪnˈdelɪkəsɪ
intricacy
ˈɪntrɪkəsɪ
pervicacy
ˈpɜːvɪkəsɪ
prolificacy
prəˈlɪfɪkəsɪ
xerochasy
zɪˈrɒkəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INEFFICACY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE INEFFICACY

adequacy
bureaucracy
conspiracy
democracy
diplomacy
fallacy
inaccuracy
intimacy
lacy
legacy
legitimacy
literacy
luminous efficacy
pharmacy
piracy
privacy
racy
self-advocacy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of inefficacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INEFFICACY»

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

Translation of «inefficacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INEFFICACY

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

Translator English - Chinese

无效
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ineficacia
570 millions of speakers

English

inefficacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्फलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدم فعالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неэффективность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ineficácia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্ফলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inefficacité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Inefficacy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unwirksamkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無効力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비 효율성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inefficacy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không hiệu quả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

inefficacy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अकार्यक्षमता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonuçsuzluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inefficacia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieskuteczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неефективність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ineficacitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναποτελεσματικότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondoeltreffendheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ineffektivitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inefficacy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inefficacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INEFFICACY»

The term «inefficacy» is regularly used and occupies the 102.991 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INEFFICACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inefficacy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inefficacy» 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 inefficacy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INEFFICACY»

Discover the use of inefficacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inefficacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Cholera, Its Causes, Prevention, and Cure; Showing the ...
CAUSES, PREVENTION, AND CURE: SHOWING THE INEFFICACY OF DRUG- TREATMENT, AND THE SUPERIORITY OF THE WATER-CURE, IN THIS DISEASE. \. ~ BY JOEL SHEW, M. D./' \ v/ PRACTITIONER OF THE WATER- CUBE, ...
Joel SHEW, 1849
2
Encyclopedia of Stress
burnout A psychological syndrome of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy which is experienced in response to chronic job stressors. cynicism A negative, callous, or excessively detached re- sponse to various aspects of the job. engagement ...
‎2000
3
Political Alienation and Political Behavior
If, however, the individual's threat-coping behavior is met only by a series of perceived system blockages, then felt-threat will be reinforced and a sense of both personal and systemic inefficacy will be induced. These obstacles to value ...
David C. Schwartz, 1973
4
Cancer: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 ...
Fresh data on clinical trial research are presented in the report 'A general inefficacy interim monitoring rule for randomized clinical trials.' “The ultimate goal of a phase III randomized clinical trial designed to demonstrate superiority of a new ...
‎2012
5
Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business 2010
This distinction between inefficacy and voidance is important, because Article 19 of the GBL considers certain acts of the debtor as acts of inefficacy, changing the previous rule contained in the Restructuring Law of 1996, by which those acts ...
Dennis Campbell, 2010
6
The Rising Tide of Conservatism in Turkey
The second dimension captures a pessimistic sense of inefficacy in the social and political dimensions of social life.43 A gloomy perspective on life is observed where evaluations are utterly pessimistic, for example. It was felt that an individual ...
Ali Carkoglu, Ersin Kalaycioglu, 2009
7
Psychology for Business Success [4 Volumes]
Their model identified three dimensions of burnout: exhaustion, depersonalization, and inefficacy. Exhaustion is the most widely reported aspect of burnout. The authors go beyond the lay definition of being tired or worn out and describe ...
Michele A. Paludi, 2013
8
Foundations of Metaphysics
A proponent of the causal inefficacy criterion might attempt to dismiss this sort of consideration on the grounds that he is willing to accept the consequence that such objects as chess and Pride and Prejudice are not really abstract after all (at  ...
Chad Carmichael, 2008
9
Explaining Burnout: A Mixed Method Investigation of ...
Table 23: Reward Test Statistics (Cynicism) 66 Table 24: Reward Test Statistics ( Inefficacy) 67 Table 25: Range of Burnout on MBI-GS 68 Table 26: Summary of Classifications of Burnout Levels 68 Table 27: Manager Understands Test ...
Sara L. Schwarz Cook, 2006
10
John Wesley's Sermons: An Anthology
CAUSES. OF. THE. INEFFICACY. OF. CHRISTIANITY. Sermon122- 1789 AN INTRODUCTORY COMMENT The problem represented in this sermon is the embarrassing disparity between Christianity's promise ('a universal remedy for a  ...
Albert C. Outler, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INEFFICACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inefficacy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Batkid Begins (and ends), plus the rest of this week's new reviews …
Also this week, Ben Sachs considers the inefficacy of using celebrities to provide the voices of animated characters. Case in point: Minions, the ... «Chicago Reader, Jul 15»
2
The Coalition's quagmire with Syrian Kurds - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of …
FSA forces are weak and symbolic at best, reflecting the inefficacy of the train and equip program — which has trained only about 75 forces per ... «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
3
The Coalition's quagmire with Syrian Kurds
FSA forces are weak and symbolic at best, reflecting the inefficacy of the train and equip program — which has trained only about 75 forces per ... «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
4
Impact on reoffending needs to be measured
This is in response to the letter (Star July 10) from Steve Jones, Director of Remedi, critical of my earlier observations regarding the inefficacy of ... «The Star, Jul 15»
5
'The Economist' Foreign 'Investors' and Our Beloved Naira - 1
Of course we haven't been happy since 1986, and IMF and its sister organization, the World Bank, have had course to admit the inefficacy, nay ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
21st Century Cures Act Passes House: Could Usher In Broad …
Examples abound of Congressional hearings following the discovery of inefficacy of drugs. The Act will now go to the Senate, where revisions ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
7
The Big Ban Theory
There are several examples in India that illustrate the inefficacy of bans. Take, for instance, Delhi's ban on the sale of liquor for youngsters ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
8
“I, too, could be here”: Pope's benediction in Bolivia's most …
Da Silva concurs entirely with Cabrera's assessment of the inefficacy of government action since. “There was a summit, there were platforms, ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
9
The Economist, Foreign Investors and Nigeria's Beloved Naira
Of course we haven't been happy since 1986, and IMF and its sister organization, the World Bank, have had cause to admit the inefficacy, nay ... «Naija247news, Jul 15»
10
Background Check Error Allowed Dylann Roof To Buy A Gun
While the assumption remains that a human gaffe has trumped gun control laws' effectiveness, the real problem seems to derive from the inefficacy of our current ... «Carbonated.tv, Jul 15»

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