inutile
Example Sentences
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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 tune of her life had never sounded so discouragingly faint and inutile.
From Visionaries by James Huneker
Music is the gainer thereby, and the old-time cacophonous concerto for pianoforte and orchestra will, we hope, be relegated to the limbo of things inutile.
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
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 E. S. Roscoe
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 Donald Evans
