inefficacious

[Pref. in- (2), and Eng. efficacious (q. v.); Fr. & Ital. ineficace; Lat. inefficax.) Not efficacious; producing no result or effect; not capable of producing the desired or proper result or effect; ineffectual, weak, powerle . "So destitute of eloquence that it is flat, and proves commonly inefficacious upon intelligent readers." -Boyle : Works , ii. 295. in-ef-fi-ca-cio us-ly, adv . [Eng. inefficacious ; -ly .] In an inefficacious manner; without effect or result; ineffectually. In-ef-fi-ca-cio us-ne , s. [Eng. inefficacious ; ne .] The quality or state of being inefficacious; inefficacy. "To this we may probably impute that strange inefica ciousne we see of the word."- Lively Oracles , & c ., p. 194. In-ef-fi-ca-çỹ, s. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. eff i cacy (q. v.).] Want of efficacy or power to produce the desired or proper effect or result; inefficiency, ineffectualne . "All experience of their ineficacy does not in the least discourage them."-Burke. On the French Revolution. In-ef-fi-cien-çỹ (ci as sh), s. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. efficiency (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being inefficient; want of efficiency or power to produce the desired effect; inefficacy. 2. Incapability, incapacity, usele ne . "The ineficiency of the foot and of the dragoons." Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. In-ef-fi-cient (ci as sh), a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. efficient (q. v.).] 1. Not efficient; wanting the power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficacious, power2. Incapable; wanting in ability or capacity; in le . competent. 3. Incapable of or indisposed to effective action; as, an inefficient force. cient; -ly.] In-ef-fi-cient-lý (ci as sh), adv . [Eng. ineffi1. In an inefficient manner; ineffectually; without effect or result. 2. In an incapable or incompetent manner; not efficiently or ably. In-ě-lab-õr-ate, a . [Pref. in- (2), and English elaborate (q. v.).] Not elaborate; not wrought or worked out with care; wanting in finish; sketchy. in-ě lăstic, a . [Pref. in (2), and Eng. elastic (q. v.).] Not elastic; wanting in elasticity. In-ě-las-tiç-1-ty, s. [Pref. in- (2), and English elasticity (q. v.).] The quality or state of being inelastic; want of elasticity or elastic power. 2312 In-ěl-e-gançe, *In-ěl-e-gan-çỹ, s. [Pref. in (2), and Eng. elegance , elegancy (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being inelegant; want of elegance, beauty, polish, refinement, or the like; want or absence of anything required by a correct taste. "Or in the graceful and the grand Confe ed inelegance of hand." Cawthorn: Birth and Education of Genius. 2. That which is inelegant, or displeasing to good taste; as, There are many inelegancies in his language. In-ěl-e-gant, a. [Lat. inelegans , from in- = not, and elegans elegant (q. v.); Fr. inélégant ; Ital. & Sp. inelegante .] 1. Not elegant; wanting in elegance, beauty, polish, refinement, .; characterized by some feature which displeases or offends good taste. "Tastes, not well joined, inelegant." 2. Coarse; unpolished. Milton: P. L. , v. 335. "It renders style often obscure, always embarra ed and inelegant . " -Blair , vol. i., lect. 11. *3. Unpleasant; disagreeable. "Pleasing to sight, But to the tongue inelegant and flat." Philips: Cider. In-ěl-e-gant-ly, adv . [English inelegant ; -ly.] In an inelegant manner; coarsely; roughly; with. out polish, refinement, or elegance. "He may not inelegantly be said to have tasted of death."-South: Sermons , vol. iii., ser. 10.