inutile
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of inutile
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word inūtilis. See in- 3, utile
Example Sentences
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Within the chromosomes, a defective gene may fail in its function because a single fraction of its nucleic acid molecule is aberrant and inutile.
From Time Magazine Archive
The study of life at a distance is inutile; the study of it at close range is defective.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
Thus it can scarcely be doubted, that in the first of the following passages Pope remembered Ovid, and that in the second he copied Crashaw: Saepe pater dixit, studium quid inutile tentas?
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
Returning came his years as wholly vain— Repeated payment of inutile toll To reach a shrine he would not seek again.
From Sonnets from the Patagonian by Evans, Donald
He should use as by right and from instinct the material which lay inutile at her woman’s disposal.
From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Overton, Grant Martin
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