inutile

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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

Quum locatum a censoribus theatrum exstrueretur; P. C. Nasica auctore, tanquam inutile, et nociturum publicis moribus, ex senatusconsulto destructum est: populusque aliquandiu stans ludos spectavit.579.Plin.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

Au nom de Dieu, qu’il n’y ait rien que ce qu’on peut manger, car vous savez que c’est inutile pour moi; de plus j’en ai scrupule.” 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

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

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

A. Cum locatum a censoribus theatrum exstrueretur, P. Cornelio Nasica auctore tamquam inutile et nociturum publicis moribus ex senatus consulto destructum est, populusque aliquamdiu stans ludos spectavit.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund