† unutileadj.
Obsolete.
Useless; = inutile adj.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective]
leera1250
unprofitablea1398
noughtc1400
inutile1484
unutilea1500
vain1578
useless1593
unuseful1604
serviceless1608
aidless1674
unproductive1713
good-for-nothing1727
nowt1790
invaluable1803
stupid1844
dud1904
puckerooed1919
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. viii. 700 Þai þat duelt in to þat ile Wnhonest was and wnwtyle.
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Biv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens But after yt the present dysease is all togyther knowen, than the cause prymytyfe is totally vnutyle.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 22 The file..is vorne and cassin auaye as ane thing onutil to serue to do ony gude verk.
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adj.a1500- detections
- detectival
- detective
- detective agency
- detective anecdote
- detective camera
- detective fiction
- detective film
- detective force
- detective novel
- detective novelist
- detective service
- detective story
- detective-inspector
- detective-sergeant
- detectiveinspector
- detectivelike
- detectives
- detectivesergeant
- detectiveship
- detectivism
- detectivist
- detector
- detector-bar
- detector-galvanometer