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inefficacy

[in-ef-i-kuh-see] / ɪnˈɛf ɪ kə si /


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The process is often triggered by post-approval studies showing inefficacy, according to Harvard Law professor I. Glenn Cohen.

From Reuters Mar. 23, 2023

He seemed to think he could figure this out, make the kind of adjustment he has made so many times before in a career defined by his ability to stave off long stretches of inefficacy.

From Washington Post Oct. 7, 2022

He justified the approach by pointing to the inefficacy of other methods and asserting that there was “an intimate connection between the story of the patient’s sufferings and the symptoms of his illness.”

From The New Yorker May 20, 2019

The incident sparked a fiery public debate and several protests decrying the inefficacy of the Gurgaon police.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2012

The French passengers smiled derisively at the inefficacy or rather total absence of any system of embarkation of passengers, and the Americans opened their eyes!

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch




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