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

But Maudit soit à jamais rêveur inutile, Qui voulut, le premier, dans sa stupidité, S'éprenant d'un problème insoluble et stérile, Aux choses de l'amour mêler l'honnêteté.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre

Quitte cette inutile peine, Bûvons plûtôt a longue haleine De ce doux jus delicieux, Qui pour l’excellence précéde Le bruvage que Ganimede Verse dans la coupe des dieux.”

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert

He should use as by right and from instinct the material which lay inutile at her woman’s disposal.

From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Overton, Grant Martin

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

From Unicorns by Huneker, James