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

Returning came his years as wholly vain— Repeated payment of inutile toll To reach a shrine he would not seek again.

From Sonnets from the Patagonian by Evans, Donald

La coupe de son esprit, quelque brillante quelle puisse etre, n'est pas telle qui me charme et luisera par la suite pour le mains inutile.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

It is true that it would have been inutile, for no incident occurred to put the colonists to any painful trial.

From The Secret of the Island by Kingston, William Henry Giles