inefficacious
Example Sentences
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I signed because I wanted to see if a new approach might save me from the miseries of standard treatments that had proven inefficacious.
From New York Times
Meanwhile, the public has received only dribs and drabs of the investigation’s contents — all of which affirm the appropriately established understanding that the CIA’s post-9/11 use of torture was rampant and inefficacious.
From Salon
The report is an important recognition that this preemptive, prefigurative mode of policing and surveillance is not only unconstitutional, but also practically inefficacious if the aim is preventing terror attacks.
From Salon
The report is an important recognition that preemptive, prefigurative mode of policing and surveillance is not only unconstitutional, but also practically inefficacious if the aim is preventing terror attacks.
From Salon
Every argument was brought forward to induce him to stay in La Rochelle, but every argument proved inefficacious.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
