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inutile

[ in-yoo-til ]

adjective

  1. of no use or service.


inutile

/ ɪnˈjuːtaɪl; ˌɪnjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. rare.
    useless; unprofitable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

"Ils se flattrent de mriter le ciel en se rendant parfaitement inutile la terre" (p. xviii).

It is true that it would have been inutile, for no incident occurred to put the colonists to any painful trial.

As Christy's plan was not in order, would be inutile, the business of the visitors at the islands was finished.

The faint swarming toward the light and the rending of the sphere of hope, frustrate, inutile.

The tribe were about to cook poor little Verva because her mother was dead, and she seemed a bouche inutile.

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