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inutile

[in-yoo-til] / ɪnˈyu tɪl /


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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 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

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

La coupe de son esprit, quelque brillante quelle puisse etre, n'est pas telle qui me charme et luisera par la suite pour le mains inutile.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

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