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
His be the terror of a foe unseen, His the inutile hand upon the hilt, And mine the deadly tongue, long, slender, keen, Hinting a rumor of some ancient guilt.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
The faint swarming toward the light and the rending of the sphere of hope, frustrate, inutile.
From Melomaniacs by James Huneker
Often I found his silent signature on my thoughts, rendering speech inutile.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
King of England; La morale inutile; A Visit to the Doctor; and a Venus.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
