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

"Dans le plus rude hiver j'ai le dos toujours nu: Et, quoique fort commode, � peine m'a-t-on vu, Qu'ausit�t n�glig�, je deviens inutile."

From Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo Paul Thieme

Although the worthlessness of Algæ has been proverbial, as in the "alga inutile" of Horace and Virgil's "projecta vilior alga," they are not without importance in botanical economics.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

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.

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