Meaning & use

inutile

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Useless; serving no practical purpose.

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The committee dismissed the plan as inutile busywork.

Without funding, the research remained largely inutile.

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From Latin 'inutilis'; a more formal, less common alternative to 'useless,' often found in academic or literary writing.

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