not to the purpose

Example Sentences

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Briefly, I should say, that there is hardly an argument in Bentham's voluminous writings which is not to the purpose so far as it goes.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

Good or wicked, drunk or sober, it is not to the purpose, my good woman.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

However, that’s not to the purpose; somehow I feel convinced he’ll turn up again.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert

I am dying, a fact which may possess some faint interest for you even now—or may not—that is not to the purpose either.

From My Little Lady by Poynter, Eleanor Frances

H. Nay, to keep thee here is not to the purpose, either for me or thee.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von