inefficacy

Example Sentences

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The process is often triggered by post-approval studies showing inefficacy, according to Harvard Law professor I. Glenn Cohen.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2023

He seemed to think he could figure this out, make the kind of adjustment he has made so many times before in a career defined by his ability to stave off long stretches of inefficacy.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

Phil Jackson took over the team the next year, ushering in a new period of inefficacy for the team.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

He justified the approach by pointing to the inefficacy of other methods and asserting that there was “an intimate connection between the story of the patient’s sufferings and the symptoms of his illness.”

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

The young man, who seemed aware of the inefficacy of such expedients, waited till the moment when he should be left alone.

From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)