inefficacious
Example Sentences
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Most nostrums hit at only one of the causes and so are frequently inefficacious.
From Time Magazine Archive
Remedies for the starling plague were suggested, some facetious, some earnest, all equally inefficacious.
From Time Magazine Archive
I therefore once more directed squill, with decoction of seneka and sal sodæ; but it was inefficacious.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
Had his aunt merely told him that his present would be inefficacious, he would have taken that assurance as being simply her opinion, and would have still entertained some hopes in the diamonds.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
It is, at least, quite certain that other means will prove inefficacious, if this be not superadded.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by Baldwin, A.C.
