Synonyms for inutile
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-yoo-til |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈyu tɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for inutile
- hopeless
- idle
- impracticable
- impractical
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inept
- inoperative
- meaningless
- no good
- nonfunctional
- of no use
- pointless
- profitless
- purposeless
- scrap
- stupid
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfunctional
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unpurposed
- unusable
- unusuable
- unworkable
- vain
- valueless
- waste
- weak
- worthless
Définition of inutile
Origin :- late 15c., from French inutile (12c., inutele), from Latin inutilis "useless, unprofitable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + utilis (see utility).
- adj useless
- The tune of her life had never sounded so discouragingly faint and inutile.
- Extract from : « Visionaries » by James Huneker
- There is a lot of inutile talk about "significant form" by propagandists of the New Æsthetic.
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
- M. France sees and notes many gestures, inutile or tragic, notes them with the enthralling simplicity of a complicated artist.
- Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
- Inutile à dire que ses vêtements se trouvent imprégnés du “smell of india-rubber.”
- Extract from : « Old Friends » by Andrew Lang
- Next she found the telephone wire cut and the speaking tube battered and inutile.
- Extract from : « The Drums Of Jeopardy » by Harold MacGrath
- As Christy's plan was not in order, would be inutile, the business of the visitors at the islands was finished.
- Extract from : « Fighting for the Right » by Oliver Optic
- It is true that it would have been inutile, for no incident occurred to put the colonists to any painful trial.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Island » by W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)
- There is no necessity of disputing the daring of this scheme, and just as inutile would be a discussion of its ethics.
- Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
- Inutile de dcrire la surprise de mes parents la reception de cette lettre, qui fut bientt suivie par le retour de Catherine.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy-Tales And Other Stories » by Anonymous
- The faint swarming toward the light and the rending of the sphere of hope, frustrate, inutile.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
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