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

I can have no reason for pestering you with them, but par un esprit de bavardise, ou pour me rappeler plus souvent a votre souvenir; ce que votre amitie a rendu pour moi tres inutile.

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

Quant à l'avantage moral qui résulterait de l'accroissement de ces correspondances, je crois inutile de m'appesantir sur ce côté de la question.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

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

She became a theologian in petticoats and wrote numerous inutile books about pin-points in matters ecclesiastical.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James