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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 Having no effect.
  • 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

  1. adj Not working, active, or in use.
  2. adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
  3. verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
  4. verb To pass time doing nothing productive.

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