单词 | inefficacy |
释义 | inefficacyn. Want of efficacy; failure or incapacity to produce the effect proposed or desired. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > inefficacy weakness1526 uneffectualness1598 inefficacy1623 inefficaciousness1646 ineffectualness1650 ineffectuality1670 inefficacity1721 inefficiency1749 inefficience1797 effeteness1862 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 445 No maruell if carnall mindes despise the foolishnesse of preaching..the seeming inefficacie of censures. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes ii. 84 The inefficacy of the burning fiery furnace on Daniel's three companions. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 87. ⁋3 The inefficacy of advice is usually the fault of the counsellor. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh vi The unintentional allusion to the inefficacy of his prayers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1623 |
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