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Recent Examples of inefficacy
And with Trump poised to take office again, the industry is perhaps rattled by the inefficacy of its previous calls to action—or at least lacks a vision of how to meet the political moment through either art or activism.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The work is less a critique of AA’s methods than a wry commentary on art and art history’s inefficacy in remedying profound societal ills, especially those affecting Indigenous communities.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
The inefficacy of Trump’s approach is borne out not only by macroeconomic readings but also by sector-by-sector data.
—Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
Frustrated by conventional treatments’ inefficacy, Christina discovered Gronich’s clinic and benefited from her comprehensive, whole-body approach to skincare.
—WWD, 2 July 2024
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The work is less a critique of AA’s methods than a wry commentary on art and art history’s inefficacy in remedying profound societal ills, especially those affecting Indigenous communities.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
The inefficacy of Trump’s approach is borne out not only by macroeconomic readings but also by sector-by-sector data.
—Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
Frustrated by conventional treatments’ inefficacy, Christina discovered Gronich’s clinic and benefited from her comprehensive, whole-body approach to skincare.
—WWD, 2 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inefficacy
Noun
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The state’s policy ineffectiveness is just as troubling.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Oc Register,
1 Feb. 2026
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Goff pointed to ineffectiveness on first down in the second half, forcing the offensive line into situations where Los Angeles could turn to its powerful pass rush.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Consumer empowerment is a laudable aim, but in complex clinical decisions, empowerment without expertise can lead to fragmentation, risk and inefficiency.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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Within the context of Moore’s Law, the primary bottlenecks arise from the physical limits of transistor scaling, memory and data-transfer speeds, and software and algorithmic inefficiencies.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Inefficacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inefficacy. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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