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

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.

Scarron's other chief pieces were Don Japhet d'Arménie, L'Héritier ridicule, La Précaution inutile.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

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

Over his waltzes Ravel maliciously sets a quotation from Henri de Regnier: "Le plaisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile."

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul