How to Use inefficacy in a Sentence

inefficacy

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  • Phil Jackson took over the team the next year, ushering in a new period of inefficacy for the team.
    — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • As Luther’s claims about the inefficacy of indulgences spread, with help from the new Gutenberg printing press, so did the idea of the solas, which formed the basis of the Reformation.
    — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2019
  • She and Kanuri discussed the inefficacy of earplugs and the pros and cons of analog versus digital white-noise machines.
    — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Just do a three-minute search to explore the inefficacy of memorized speeches.
    — John Evans, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Nevertheless, by 2,500 years ago the animals had made their way to Greece, proving the inefficacy of export bans.
    — Andrew C. Kitchener, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • The problem was the seeming inevitability of the juggernaut, the constancy of its forward motion, and the inefficacy of mere individuals in the face of such odds.
    — Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • There are politicians in all camps who want to keep a lid on the conflict, generally not in service of any strategy for resolution but out of a sense of inefficacy and inertia.
    — Michael Barnett, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Not long ago, some were pretending in public as though Trump was a capable world leader, all the while taking notes or recording conversations for a book that would tell the true story of his inefficacy.
    — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Burnout is the experience of chronic exhaustion, chronic cynicism, and inefficacy, which is a sense of lost impact.
    — Paula Davis, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The potential side effects or inefficacy of the drug are immaterial compared to that outcome.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Kelly will inherit a West Wing that has set a new standard for chaos, backstabbing, factionalism, and inefficacy.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 28 July 2017
  • Sunak’s election has raised questions about the inefficacy of trickle down diversity.
    — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 24 Oct. 2022
  • As feelings of cynicism, inefficacy and exhaustion increase, naturally, joy starts to dwindle across most if not all areas of life.
    — Rachel Montañez, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • One of its most surprising features has been the inefficacy of what was only months ago considered a highly capable Russian military.
    — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 27 May 2022
  • President Trump is reportedly frustrated with the seeming inefficacy of U.S. efforts to force Maduro out.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Several candidates for state office seized the findings as an opportunity to call for a total disbanding and replacement of the ethics commission, which has for years been dogged by accusations of inefficacy and bias.
    — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 11 June 2018
  • The meaninglessness associated with inefficacy, the third symptom of burnout, is trickier to tackle.
    — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Due to corruption and bureaucratic inefficacy, nations in the Northern Triangle collect less in tax revenues than most other Latin American countries (relative to the size of each nation’s gross domestic product).
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 21 June 2018
  • All this inefficacy belies a deeper problem with our education system.
    — Daniel Buck, National Review, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The giraffe, said Mivart, was a perfect example of natural selection’s inefficacy.
    — Brian Switek, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2011
  • The growing inefficacy of standard pharmaceutical treatments has pushed researchers to consider other therapies.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The most common challenges for organizations today include high carbon emissions, finite fossil-fuel availability, severe weather issues causing service disruptions, water scarcity, inefficacy and waste management.
    — Ashish Saxena, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The inefficacy of Obama’s administration implementing protection for undocumented immigrants should also be highlighted.
    — Mario Nicolais, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2017

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