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Antonyms for utile
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : yoo-til, -tahyl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu tɪl, -taɪl |
- awkward
- bad
- broken
- bumbling
- bungling
- clumsy
- disadvantageous
- disagreeable
- excited
- faraway
- hard
- harmful
- hurtful
- idle
- impossible
- impotent
- impracticable
- impractical
- improper
- inappropriate
- incapable
- inconvenient
- inconveniently
- inefficient
- inept
- inexperienced
- injurious
- irrational
- malfunctioning
- misbehaving
- unacceptable
- unadaptable
- unattainable
- unavailable
- unfeasible
- unfitting
- unfunctional
- unhandy
- unhelpful
- unlikely
- unpractical
- unproductive
- unproficient
- unprofitable
- unrealistic
- unreasonable
- unseasoned
- unserviceable
- unskilled
- unsound
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untrained
- unusable
- unvaluable
- unworkable
- useless
- weak
- worthless
Definition of utile
Origin :- late 15c., from Old French utile (13c.), from Latin utilis, from uti (see use (v.)).
- As in practicable : adj within the realm of possibility
- As in practical : adj realistic, useful
- As in serviceable : adj useful, functional
- As in usable : adj available, working
- As in useful : adj beneficial, valuable
- As in utilizable : adj usable
- As in functional : adj working
- As in handy : adj easy to use
- Ouvrage curieux, utile et intressant; propre inspirer le got de cet art, qui est pour nous un vrai prsent des cieux;' Paris, 1806.
- Extract from : « Musical Myths and Facts, Volume II (of 2) » by Carl Engel
- Both in their way are extremely useful indeed, combining the utile with the dulci.
- Extract from : « The Eve of All-Hallows, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Matthew Weld Hartstonge
- It also discusses whether there may be a conflict between the honestum and the utile.
- Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
- In this establishment the utile et dulci are so happily blended, that the accomplished guest can find no cause of complaint.
- Extract from : « Norman's New Orleans and Environs » by B. M. Norman
- Assuredly not in that of substituting the utile for the dulce, in any eyes but those of almanack makers.
- Extract from : « Mirror of the Months » by Peter George Patmore
- Hoc autem, de quo nunc agimus, id ipsum est, quod "utile" appellatur.
- Extract from : « De Officiis » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Utile ei videbatur plurimum posse alterius invidia; id quam iniustum in patriam et quam turpe esset, non videbat.
- Extract from : « De Officiis » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Quod ut gratum nobis erit, sic eidem Ecclesiae utile futurum non dubitamus.
- Extract from : « The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 » by Various
- The utile and the dulce of the study of numismatics are shown in many ways.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 » by Various
- It seems to me that no association could be more propitious to the union of the utile dulci.
- Extract from : « Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time » by Franois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Synonyms for utile
- accessible
- achievable
- adaptable
- advantageous
- aiding
- all-purpose
- applicable
- applied
- appropriate
- assistive
- at disposal
- at hand
- attainable
- available
- beneficial
- both feet on the ground
- brave
- businesslike
- central
- commodious
- commonsensical
- constructive
- consumable
- convenient
- current
- dependable
- doable
- down-to-earth
- durable
- effective
- efficient
- empirical
- employable
- exhaustible
- expendable
- experimental
- exploitable
- factual
- favorable
- feasible
- fit
- fruitful
- functional
- gainful
- good
- handy
- hard-boiled
- hard-wearing
- helpful
- implicit
- in action
- in operation
- in order
- instrumental
- invaluable
- manageable
- matter-of-fact
- meet
- neat
- nuts and bolts
- occupational
- of assistance
- of service
- of use
- open
- operative
- orderly
- performable
- possible
- practicable
- practical
- pragmatic
- profitable
- proper
- propitious
- purposive
- rational
- ready
- reasonable
- running
- salutary
- sane
- sensible
- serviceable
- sober
- solid
- sound
- subservient
- subsidiary
- suitable
- suited
- systematic
- toward
- unidealistic
- unromantic
- unused
- usable
- useful
- utile
- utilitarian
- utility
- utilizable
- valid
- valuable
- viable
- virtual
- wieldy
- workable
- workaday
- working
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