inutile
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
Over his waltzes Ravel maliciously sets a quotation from Henri de Regnier: "Le plaisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile."
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
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
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
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
