inutile

[ in-yoo-til ]

adjective

1. of no use or service.

inutile

/ ɪnˈjuːtaɪl; ˌɪnjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

1. rare.
   useless; unprofitable

Derived Forms

• inˈutilely, adverb
• ˌinuˈtility, noun

Other Words From

• in·utile·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inutile¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word inūtilis. See in- ³, utile

Example Sentences

"Ils se flattrent de mriter le ciel en se rendant parfaitement inutile la terre" (p. xviii).

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It is true that it would have been inutile, for no incident occurred to put the colonists to any painful trial.

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As Christy's plan was not in order, would be inutile, the business of the visitors at the islands was finished.

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The faint swarming toward the light and the rending of the sphere of hope, frustrate, inutile.

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The tribe were about to cook poor little Verva because her mother was dead, and she seemed a bouche inutile.

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