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inútil — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • futile adjective Producing no useful result; pointless or doomed to fail.
  • moot adj Open to debate; not settled, or (especially in American English) no longer having any practical importance.
  • needless adj Not necessary; unwarranted.
  • otiose adj Having no effect.
  • pointless adj Having no useful purpose; not worth doing.
  • sluggish adjective Slow-moving, lacking energy or alertness.
  • unavailing adj Fruitless, futile, useless.
  • unusable adjective Not fit or able to be used.
  • useless adjective Not able to be used; serving no practical purpose.
  • worthless adj Having no value or use.

Senses

inútil is used for these senses in English:

  • futile Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
  • good-for-nothing (idiomatic) Useless; worthless.
  • good-for-nothing A person of little worth or usefulness.
  • moot (North America) Having no practical consequence or relevance.
  • needless Not needed; unnecessary.
  • no use Condition of being pointless, useless, not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to succeed.
  • otiose Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
  • sluggish Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

moot — full definition

  1. adj Open to debate; not settled, or (especially in American English) no longer having any practical importance.
  2. noun A practice legal case argued by law students for training purposes.
  3. verb To raise a subject for discussion.

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