inefficacious
Day 17Level 2in-ef-i-key-shuhs
ineffectual
failing to produce the desired effect; ineffectual
Part of Speech: adjective
Example Sentence:
It is repugnant to slash funding for education and health care programs when the state continues to spend millions of dollars on an inefficacious capital punishment system.
Related Words
abdication
Day 17renunciation
ab-di-KEY-shuhn
renunciation
ambulatory
Day 17capable of walking
AM-byuh-luh-tohr-ee
of, pertaining to, or capable of walking; not stationary
apostrophe
Day 17to imaginary person
uh-POS-truh-fee
a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters, the possessive case, the plural; address to an absent or imaginary person
augury
Day 17omen
AW-guh-ree
prediction of events; omen
austere
Day 17unadorned
aw-STEER
severe in manner ; unadorned, simple
bonhomie
Day 17geniality
bah-nuh-MEE
good natured manner; geniality