inefficaciousness

noun

Definition of inefficaciousnessnext
as in inefficiency

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  1. inefficiency
  2. inefficacy
  3. ineptitude
  4. inability
  5. incompetence
Noun
  • Use these pilots to identify inefficiencies and refine strategies without the risk of full-scale deployment.
    Aparna Prabhakar, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The arsenal of democracy will not endure if the United States’ own inefficiencies—or the opposition of vocal minorities in Congress—dissuade vulnerable allies from buying American.
    Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of inefficiency
Noun
  • The inefficacy of Trump’s approach is borne out not only by macroeconomic readings but also by sector-by-sector data.
    Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Frustrated by conventional treatments’ inefficacy, Christina discovered Gronich’s clinic and benefited from her comprehensive, whole-body approach to skincare.
    WWD, WWD, 2 July 2024
Definition of inefficacy
Noun
  • Is this Scott redoing American Gangster as a grand Italian tragedy, or scabrous comedy about a family undone by their ineptitude and excess?
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Political ineptitude and corruption remain major concerns as the nation looks to propel its new government, formed in June but which is losing public trust as divisions mount between the dual executive, headed by the prime minister and presidential council.
    Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of ineptitude
Noun
  • Lindner also spoke ahead of Monday's vote, and blamed the coalition's downfall on its inability to come up with solutions to boost the country's faltering economy, which in turn alienated voters.
    H.J. Mai, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Infertility is defined as a couple’s inability to conceive after trying for at least a year.7 Medications, assisted reproductive therapy (ART), and lifestyle modifications all play a role in treating this condition.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of inability
Noun
  • The history of medicine is too littered with incompetence and immorality to believe that doctors have always been worthy of this status.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In a pre-dawn online news conference, an angry Sara Duterte accused Mr. Marcos of incompetence as a president and of being a liar, along with his wife and the House speaker in expletives-laden remarks.
    Jim Gomez, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of incompetence
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