inutile — meaning in English
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English meaning
- idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
- needless adj Not necessary; unwarranted.
- otiose adj Achieving nothing; useless.
- unnecessary adjective Not needed; more than is required.
- useless adjective Not able to be used; serving no practical purpose.
- void adjective Completely empty; containing nothing.
- waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
- worthless adj Having no value or use.
Senses
inutile is used for these senses in English:
- idle Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- needless Not needed; unnecessary.
- otiose Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- unfruitful (mostly, figurative) Not bearing fruit.
- unnecessary Not needed or necessary.
- useless (pejorative, of a person) Good-for-nothing; not dependable.
- useless (colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
- void Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
idle — full definition
- adj Not working, active, or in use.
- adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
- verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
- verb To pass time doing nothing productive.
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