inutile

American  

[in-yoo-til] / ɪnˈyu tɪl /

adjective

1. of no use or service.

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inutile British  

/ ɪnˈjuːtaɪl, ˌɪnjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

1. rare useless; unprofitable

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Other Word Forms

• inutilely adverb
• inutility noun

Etymology

Origin of inutile

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

Example Sentences

Structures and systems are eroding, and what we once saw as sources of stability are being revealed as outmoded or inutile – or worse – as reinforcing social oppression.

From The Guardian

Duterte previously threatened to withdraw the Philippines from the United Nations for its criticism of his drug crackdown, describing the world body as inutile in the face of genocidal killings in other places.

From Washington Times

She became a theologian in petticoats and wrote numerous inutile books about pin-points in matters ecclesiastical.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a lot of inutile talk about "significant form" by propagandists of the New Æsthetic.

From Project Gutenberg

There will always be, naturally enough, persons who must inevitably regard such a work as that for which he and Maeterlinck are now responsible as, for the most part, vain, inutile, even preposterous.

From Project Gutenberg