Inefficacious — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking the power to produce a desired effect

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnˌɛfɪkˈeɪʃəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnˌɛfɪkˈeɪʃəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnˌɛfɪkˈeɪʃəs/

5 syllables Say it as /ɪnˌɛfɪkˈeɪʃəs/.

Examples

laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

efficacious

Parts of Speech

adjective

lacking the power to produce a desired effect

“laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime”

Word Forms

inefficaciousness

noun

a lack of efficacy

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unwirksam

fehlt die Kraft, eine gewünschte Wirkung zu erzielen

🇫🇷French

inefficace

manque de pouvoir pour produire un effet désiré

🇪🇸Spanish

ineficaz

Carecer del poder para producir el efecto deseado.

🇮🇹Italian

inefficace

privo del potere di produrre l’effetto desiderato

🇳🇱Dutch

ondoeltreffend

zonder de kracht om een gewenst effect te bereiken

🇵🇹Portuguese

ineficaz

sem o poder de produzir o efeito desejado

🇷🇺Russian

неэффективный

не хватает мощности для достижения желаемого эффекта

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेअसर

वांछित प्रभाव उत्पन्न करने की शक्ति का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অকার্যকর

একটি পছন্দসই প্রভাব উত্পাদন করার ক্ষমতা অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

பயனற்ற

விரும்பிய விளைவை உருவாக்கும் ஆற்றல் இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

అసమర్థమైన

కావలసిన ప్రభావాన్ని ఉత్పత్తి చేసే శక్తి లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अकार्यक्षम

इच्छित प्रभाव निर्माण करण्याची शक्ती नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

બિનકાર્યક્ષમ

ઇચ્છિત અસર પેદા કરવાની શક્તિનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿಯಲ್ಲದ

ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ ಪರಿಣಾಮವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാര്യക്ഷമതയില്ലാത്ത

ആവശ്യമുള്ള പ്രഭാവം ഉണ്ടാക്കാനുള്ള ശക്തിയുടെ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਕਾਰ

ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناکارہ

مطلوبہ اثر پیدا کرنے کی طاقت کا فقدان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无效的

缺乏产生预期效果的能力

🇯🇵Japanese

効果のない

望ましい効果を生み出す力が不足している

🇰🇷Korean

효과가 없다

원하는 효과를 낼 수 있는 힘이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không hiệu quả

thiếu sức mạnh để tạo ra hiệu ứng mong muốn

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีประสิทธิภาพ

ขาดพลังในการสร้างผลตามที่ต้องการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

tdk efisien

tidak mempunyai kekuatan untuk menghasilkan efek yang diinginkan

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi mabisa

kulang sa kapangyarihan upang makagawa ng ninanais na epekto

🇲🇾Malay

tidak berkesan

tidak mempunyai kuasa untuk menghasilkan kesan yang diingini

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير فعال

تفتقر إلى القدرة على إنتاج التأثير المطلوب

🇮🇷Persian

ناکارآمد

فاقد قدرت ایجاد اثر دلخواه

🇹🇷Turkish

etkisiz

İstenilen etkiyi yaratma gücünden yoksun olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לא יעיל

חסר הכוח לייצר אפקט רצוי

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The primary meaning of 'inefficacious' is 'lacking the power to produce a desired effect'.

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