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

Je r�serve pour un autre tems la discussion de ces grandes questions; mais je ne crois pas inutile de faire apercevoir la liaison qu'ont avec la th�orie des observations si minutieuses en apparence.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James

Theocritus speaks of συκινοι ανδρες, useless men; Horace, "Olim truncus eram ficulnus, inutile lignum;" and Juvenal, "Sterilis mala robora ficus."

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Quant à l'avantage moral qui résulterait de l'accroissement de ces correspondances, je crois inutile de m'appesantir sur ce côté de la question.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

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