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

A. Cum locatum a censoribus theatrum exstrueretur, P. Cornelio Nasica auctore tamquam inutile et nociturum publicis moribus ex senatus consulto destructum est, populusque aliquamdiu stans ludos spectavit.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

The Memorie inutile in which Gozzi has depicted himself with such lifelike realism are sincere and vivacious, and rival Diderot and Rousseau for directness, luminousness and interest.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

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

Au nom de Dieu, qu’il n’y ait rien que ce qu’on peut manger, car vous savez que c’est inutile pour moi; de plus j’en ai scrupule.” 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan