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The solution is to test AI agents thoroughly to identify any inefficacies.—Theo Schnitfink, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 As research highlighted the inefficacy and unintended consequences of these laws, states rolled them back or modified them, mostly by partially repealing them or reducing the severity of mandatory sentences.—John Leverso, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025 And with Trump poised to take office again, the industry is perhaps rattled by the inefficacy of its previous calls to action—or at least lacks a vision of how to meet the political moment through either art or activism.—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025 The work is less a critique of AA’s methods than a wry commentary on art and art history’s inefficacy in remedying profound societal ills, especially those affecting Indigenous communities.—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inefficacy
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Etymology
Late Latin inefficacia, from Latin inefficac-, inefficax inefficacious, from in- + efficac-, efficax efficacious
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