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Recent Examples of inefficacy
Brands that rely solely on AI risk not just irrelevance, but inefficacy.
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Sean Dallaskidd, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 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
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Sean Dallaskidd, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inefficacy
Noun
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So Tidwell could emerge as a rotation candidate if the team needs a remedy for injury or ineffectiveness of a member of the Giants’ starting five.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Delaying this only demonstrates the organization’s ineffectiveness in today’s NBA.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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More government means more waste, more inefficiency and more fraud, hence higher costs.—
Star Parker,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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His early agenda has included audits, contract reviews and departmental restructuring aimed at reducing inefficiencies and improving accountability.—
Veronica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Caroline’s anguish and her ineffectuality at making progress in finding Gabriel make for some frustrating moments as a reader.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Inefficacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inefficacy. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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