Inefficiency; lack of productivity; futility; powerlessness

ETYM Latin inefficacia. Related to In- not, and Efficacy.
A lack of efficacy; SYN. inefficaciousness.

ETYM Late Lat. nullitias, from Latin nullus none: cf. French nullité. Related to Null.
1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; lack of efficacy or force.
2. Nonexistence.
The state of being null or void.