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

Quamvis Pontica pinus, Silvæ filia nobilis, Jactes et genus et nomen inutile.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

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

Incipiente ictu qui vim non prompserit omnem   Dique hominesque odere; hic, pondus inutile cymbae,   Tardat iter; comites necat; hunc tu, nauta, caveto!

From Sagittulae, Random Verses by Bowling, Edward Woodley

There is a lot of inutile talk about "significant form" by propagandists of the New Æsthetic.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James