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
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The tune of her life had never sounded so discouragingly faint and inutile.
From Visionaries by Huneker, James
There is a lot of inutile talk about "significant form" by propagandists of the New Æsthetic.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
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
Il y a pourtant un côté par lequel la quatrième églogue peut être rattachée à l’histoire du Christianisme; elle nous révèle un certain état des âmes qui n’a pas été inutile à ses rapides progrès.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.