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

As Christy's plan was not in order, would be inutile, the business of the visitors at the islands was finished.

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.

Déjà les chevaux s'éffrayaient, les rangs se confondaient, et le désordre égarait le courage et le rendait inutile, lorsque les Suisses descendirent de la montagne en poussant de grands cris.

From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter

Il y a pourtant un côté par lequel la quatrième églogue peut être rattachée à l’histoire du Christianisme; elle nous révèle un certain état des âmes qui n’a pas été inutile à ses rapides progrès.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

Scarron's other chief pieces were Don Japhet d'Arménie, L'Héritier ridicule, La Précaution inutile.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George