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

As Luther’s claims about the inefficacy of indulgences spread, with help from the new Gutenberg printing press, so did the idea of the solas, which formed the basis of the Reformation.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2019

The incident sparked a fiery public debate and several protests decrying the inefficacy of the Gurgaon police.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2012

What they said I do not exactly know, but I believe it was to point out to them the utter inefficacy, besides the wickedness and folly, of their incantations.

From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred