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

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

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

Music is the gainer thereby, and the old-time cacophonous concerto for pianoforte and orchestra will, we hope, be relegated to the limbo of things inutile.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

Il est inutile d'insister sur l'importance économique de cette question.

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

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