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inutile

[ in-yoo-til ]

adjective

  1. of no use or service.


inutile

/ ɪnˈjuːtaɪl; ˌɪnjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. rare.
    useless; unprofitable
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Derived Forms

  • inˈutilely, adverb
  • ˌinuˈtility, noun
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Other Words From

  • in·utile·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inutile1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word inūtilis. See in- 3, utile
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Example Sentences

Duterte, however, admitted he would be an "inutile" vice president if the winning president, who is elected in a separate contest, was not a "friend".

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Structures and systems are eroding, and what we once saw as sources of stability are being revealed as outmoded or inutile – or worse – as reinforcing social oppression.

Duterte previously threatened to withdraw the Philippines from the United Nations for its criticism of his drug crackdown, describing the world body as inutile in the face of genocidal killings in other places.

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

There is a lot of inutile talk about "significant form" by propagandists of the New Æsthetic.

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