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Inefficacy vs Helplessness - What's the difference?

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Inefficacy is a related term of helplessness.


As nouns the difference between inefficacy and helplessness

is that inefficacy is the condition of being ineffective while helplessness is the state of being helpless.

inefficacy

English

Noun

(-)
  • The condition of being ineffective

    • helplessness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state of being helpless.
  • A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.
  • *
  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

    • Synonyms

    * impotence

    See also

    * powerlessness

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