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 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

There will always be, naturally enough, persons who must inevitably regard such a work as that for which he and Maeterlinck are now responsible as, for the most part, vain, inutile, even preposterous.

From Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries by Gilman, Lawrence

D'ailleurs, pour le présent, j'espère que ce serait inutile.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

Ind�pendamment de l'int�r�t que ces couches pr�sentent au g�ologiste sous un nombre de rapports qu'il seroit trop long et peut-�tre inutile de d�tailler, elles pr�sentent m�me pour le peintre, un superbe tableau.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John