All 3 Uses of
efficacy
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Supposing this person, wearied at the inefficacy of the poison, should, as Monte Cristo intimated, have recourse to steel!†
Chpt 101-102inefficacy = lack of effectivenessstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inefficacy means not and reverses the meaning of efficacy. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Philosophers may well say, and practical men will always support the opinion, that money mitigates many trials; and if you admit the efficacy of this sovereign balm, you ought to be very easily consoled—you, the king of finance, the focus of immeasurable power.†
Chpt 103-104efficacy = effectiveness
- I have confidence in the remedy I propose, and only ask you to permit me to assure you of its efficacy.†
Chpt 105-106 *
Definition:
effectiveness (the ability to produce a desired result)