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.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'inutilis'; a more formal, less common alternative to 'useless,' often found in academic or literary writing.
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