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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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In-ĕf'fi-cā'cioŭs-ness, n. p. 686Want of effect, or power to produce the effect.In-ĕf'fi-ca-çy, n. p. 686Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; failure of effect; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.Ĭn'ef-fĭ'cien-çy, n. p. 686The quality of being ineffectual; want of power or exertion of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.Ĭn'ef-fĭ'cient, a. p. 686Not efficient; not producing the effect; inefficacious. 2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting nothing; as, an inefficient force.Ĭn-ef-fĭ'cient-ly, adv. p. 686Ineffectually; without effect.Ĭn'e-lăb'o-rate, a. p. 686Not elaborate; not wrought with care.Ĭn'e-lăs'tic, a. p. 686Not elastic; wanting elasticity; unelastic.Ĭn'e-las-tĭç'i-ty, n. p. 686The absence of elasticity; the want of elastic power.In-ĕl'e-gançe or In-ĕl'e-gan-çy, n. p. 686The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance; want of beauty or polish in language, composition, or manners. “Confessed inelegance of hand.” Cawthorn.In-ĕl'e-gant, a. p. 686Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, symmetry, or ornament; wanting in any thing which correct taste requires. What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes not well joined…In-ĕl'e-gant-ly, adv. p. 686In an inelegant or unbecoming manner; coarsely; roughly.In-ĕl'i-ġi-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 686Incapacity of being elected to an office. 2. State or quality of not being worthy of choice.In-ĕl'i-ġi-ble, a. p. 686Not eligible; incapable of being elected to an office; not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient. Burke.In-ĕl'i-ġi-bly, adv. p. 686In an ineligible manner.In-ĕl'o-quent, a. p. 686Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive, as language or composition. Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent. Milton.In-ĕl'o-quent-ly, adv. p. 686Without eloquence.Ĭn'e-lŭc'ta-ble, a. p. 686Not to be resisted by struggling; not to be overcome. [Obs.] Pearson.Ĭn'e-lūd'i-ble, a. p. 686Incapable of being eluded, escaped, or defeated. Glanville.In-ĕm'bry-o-nate, a. p. 686Not formed in embryo.Ĭn'e-năr'ra-ble, a. p. 686Incapable of being narrated or told. [Obs.] Chapman.In-ĕpt', a. p. 686Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. 2. Foolish; silly; useless; nonsensical. To view attention as a special state of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is…In-ĕpt'i-tūde, n. p. 686The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness; as, an ineptitude to motion. 2. Foolishness; trifling; nonsense.In-ĕpt'ly, adv. p. 686Unfitly; unsuitably. Glanville.In-ĕpt'ness, n. p. 686Unfitness; ineptitude. More.In-ē'qua-ble, a. p. 686Unequable. [Rare.] Bailey.In-ē'qual, a. p. 686Unequal; uneven; various. [Obs.] Shenstone.Ĭn'e-qual'i-ty, n. p. 686The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; diversity; as, an inequality in size or stature; an inequality of numbers or of power; inequality of…In'e-quā'tion, n. p. 686(Math.) An inequality.In-ē'qui-dis'tant, a. p. 686Not being equally distant.In-ē'qui-lät'er-al, a. p. 686Having unequal sides.In-ē'qui-ta-ble, a. p. 686Not equitable; not just.In-ē'qui-tāte, v. t. p. 686To ride over or through. [Obs.] More.In-ē'qui-vā'lve,, a. p. 686[Prefix in, not, and equi-In-ē'qui-vălv'ū-lar p. 686Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.Ĭn'e-rād'i-ca-ble, a. p. 686Incapable of being eradicated.In'e-rād'i-ca-bly, adv. p. 686So as not to be eradicable.In'er-gĕt'ic or In'er-gĕt'ic-al, a. p. 686Having no energy.Ĭn'er-gĕt'ĭc-al-ly, adv. p. 686Without energy.In-ērm’ or In-ērm’ous, a. p. 686(Bot.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf.In-ër/ra-bil'i-ty, n. p. 686Freedom or exemption from error, or from the possibility of erring; infallibility. [Obs.] King Charles.In-ĕr'ra-ble, a. p. 686Incapable of erring; exempt from error or mistake; infallible. [Obs.] Hammond.In-ēr'ra-ble-ness, n. p. 686Exemption from error; inerrability. [Obs.] Hammond.In-êr'ra-bly, adv. p. 686With security from error; infallibly.In-ēr'ran-cy, n. p. 686Exemption from error. [Rare.]ĭn’er-răt’ĭc, a. p. 686Not erratic or wandering; fixed.In-ēr'ring-ly, adv. p. 686Without error, mistake, or deviation. [Obs.] Glanville.In-ert', a. p. 686Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion impressed; as, matter is inert. 2. Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull. Thomson. 3. Powerless for an…In-ěr'ti-ă, n. p. 686(Physics.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion;—sometimes called vis inertiae. 2. Inertness; indisposition to move. 3. (Med.)…In-ěr'tion, n. p. 686Want of activity; want of action or exertion; inertness. [Rare.] These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of the arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent fever. Darwin.In-ẽrt'i-tūde, n. p. 686The state of being inert, or a tendency to remain quiescent till impelled by external force to move. Good.In-ẽrt'ly, adv. p. 686Without activity; sluggishly. Pope.In-ẽrt'ness, n. p. 686Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness. 2. Absence or destitution of the power of self-motion; inertia.In-ĕr'u-dīte, a. p. 686Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.In-ē'scāte, v. t. p. 686To bait; to lay a bait for. [Obs.] Burton.In'es-cā'tion, n. p. 686The act of baiting. [Obs.] Halliwell.In'es-cutch'eon, n. p. 686(Her.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.In Es'se p. 686In being; actually existing;—distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.Ĭn'es-sĕn'ĭal, a. p. 686Not essential; unessential.In-ěs'ti-ma-ble, a. p. 686Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges. Science is too inestimable…In-ěs'ti-ma-bly, adv. p. 686In a manner not to be estimated or rated.