inutile
of no use or service.
Origin of inutile
1Other words from inutile
- in·u·tile·ly, adverb
Words Nearby inutile
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How to use inutile in a sentence
"Ils se flattrent de mriter le ciel en se rendant parfaitement inutile la terre" (p. xviii).
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson CushingIt is true that it would have been inutile, for no incident occurred to put the colonists to any painful trial.
The Secret of the Island | W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)As Christy's plan was not in order, would be inutile, the business of the visitors at the islands was finished.
Fighting for the Right | Oliver OpticThe faint swarming toward the light and the rending of the sphere of hope, frustrate, inutile.
Melomaniacs | James HunekerThe tribe were about to cook poor little Verva because her mother was dead, and she seemed a bouche inutile.
In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for inutile
/ (ɪnˈjuːtaɪl, ˌɪnjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ) /
rare useless; unprofitable
Derived forms of inutile
- inutilely, adverb
- inutility, noun
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