inutile
Example Sentences
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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
One after another these precautions were rendered inutile.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
"Hélas, Monsieur, c'est inutile; on donne toujours la même réponse: 'Nichts verstehn,'" for it appears when these complaints are made the Prussian officers pretend not to understand French.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
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
The faint swarming toward the light and the rending of the sphere of hope, frustrate, inutile.
From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James
