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inefficacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ef-fi-ca-cious
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incapable of having the intended consequence.

adj

Not effective.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English efficacious English inefficacious From in- + efficacious.

Inflected Forms

more inefficacious (comparative) most inefficacious (superlative)

Derived Forms

inefficaciously inefficaciousness

Synonyms

ineffective

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does inefficacious mean?
Incapable of having the intended consequence.
Where does inefficacious come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English efficacious English inefficacious From in- + efficacious.

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