"inefficacious" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more inefficacious [comparative], most inefficacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From in- + efficacious. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|efficacious}} in- + efficacious Head templates: {{en-adj}} inefficacious (comparative more inefficacious, superlative most inefficacious)
  1. Incapable of having the intended consequence. Translations (Incapable of having the intended consequence): неефективен (neefektiven) (Bulgarian), неефикасен (neefikasen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-inefficacious-en-adj-oFZMAPQP Disambiguation of 'Incapable of having the intended consequence': 99 1
  2. Not effective.
    Sense id: en-inefficacious-en-adj--33fa5OR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ineffective
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