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in⋅u⋅tile

  [in-yoo-til]
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–adjective
of no use or service.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L inūtilis. See in- 3 , utile

Related forms:
in⋅u⋅tile⋅ly, adverb
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in·u·tile   (ĭn-yōōt'l, -yōō'tīl')   
adj.  Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin inūtilis : in-, not; see in-1 + ūtilis, useful; see utile.]
in·u'tile·ly adv., in'u·til'i·ty (ĭn'yōō-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Inutile

In*u"tile\, a. [L. inutilis: cf. F. inutile. See In- not, Utile.] Useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : inutile
Spanish: en vano, inútil,
German: nutzlos,
Japanese: 役にたつ
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