senutila
Esperanto
Etymology
From sen- (“without, -less”) + utila (“useful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /senuˈtila/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ila
- Syllabification: se‧nu‧ti‧la
- Hyphenation: sen‧utila
Adjective
senutila (accusative singular senutilan, plural senutilaj, accusative plural senutilajn)
- useless
- 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
- Ne estas spaco en mikronovelo por senutilaj vortoj.
- There is not space in a micro-novelette for useless words.
Further reading
- “senutila”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “senutila”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
- Wells, John C. (1992), “otiose, useless”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary[2], →ISBN, pages 322, 406
- Benson, Peter J. (1995), “use”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary[3], →ISBN, page 562
- Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “util-a”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[4], →OL, page 426