inutile

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See also: innutile

English

Etymology

From Middle French inutile, from Middle French, from Latin inutilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ utile.

Pronunciation

Adjective

inutile (comparative more inutile, superlative most inutile)

  1. (obsolete) useless; unprofitable.
    Synonyms: unuseful, unutilizable
    Antonyms: utile; useful
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      wormwood, and the like, [] dissipate and digest any inutile or excrementitious moisture which lieth in the flesh
    • 1840, John Rogers, Anti-popery: Or, Popery Unreasonable, Unscriptural, and Novel, page 191:
      The undermediators are not required, have nothing properly to do, no peculiar duty to perform; but are an unprofitable or inutile set of beings sitting down and looking at each other through want of other occupation.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inūtilis (useless).

Pronunciation

Adjective

inutile (plural inutiles)

  1. useless, unnecessary, pointless
    Synonyms: superfétatoire, superflu, vain
    Antonyms: utile, nécessaire, indispensable

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin inūtilis, from in- + ūtilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈnu.ti.le/
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  • Rhymes: -utile
  • Hyphenation: i‧nù‧ti‧le

Adjective

inutile (plural inutili)

  1. useless, unnecessary, needless
  2. ineffective
    Synonym: ineffettivo

Antonyms

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

inūtile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of inūtilis

Middle French

Adjective

inutile m or f (plural inutiles)

  1. useless

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