La Palabra Del Dia: "inútil"
inútil ( een-oo'-teel )
adjective ( useless; pointless )
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1: ¡Este cacharro inútil acaba de descomponerse de nuevo!
This useless piece of junk just broke down again!
2: Es inútil que niegues que robaste mis chocolates, porque ¡te vi con mis propios ojos!
It's pointless for you to deny that you stole my chocolates, because I saw you with my own eyes!
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Es inútil tratar de estudiar español sólo leyendo los libros. Es muuuuyyy necesario hacer el esfuerzo de hablarlo En este país hay muchísimas personas con quienes puedes practicar. Si no encuentras a ninguna, hablale a tu perro. El no se va a burlar de ti. 
It's useless to try to study Spanish by only reading the books. It's veeerrry necessary
to make the effort to speak it. In this country there are very many people with whom you can practice. If you don't find anyone, talk to your dog. He won't make fun of you.
¿Cómo te llamas? Me llamo Dani. (El perro: ¡Guau, Guau!)
Estoy creciendo cansado de los politicos inútiles y corruptos.
I am growing weary of useless and corrupt politicians.
Uno no es inútil. Solo el que piensa que es inútil es el que se siente inutil. Acuerdate que eres importante.
One isn't useless. Only he/she that thinks that is useless is the one that feels useless. Remember that you're important.
A veces me parece inútil luchar contra la entropía, pero luego mi esposa me grita, y entiendo que no importa en lo que yo pienso, tengo que continuar.
Sometimes it seems useless to me to struggle against entropy, but then my wife yells at me, and I understand that it does not matter what I think, I have to continue.
Roberto: ¿Serías amigo de una persona inútil?
Joshua: No, yo no lo haría. Creo que la amistad es una relación mutuamente útil.
Roberto: Would you be friends with a useless person?
Joshua: No, I would not. I believe that friendship is a mutually useful relationship.
Hay siempre gente que está insistiendo en trabajos inútiles y aunque todo el mundo dice lo hace inútilmente.
There are always people who are insisting on unnecessary work and although everyone says, they make it uselessly.
Nada ni nadie es inútil , solo hay que averiguar para que o en que son útiles.
Nothing and no one is useless, you just have to find out for which what or in which way they are useful.
Es inútil que grites. / There’s no point in shouting.
Es inútil que intentes convencerle. / It’s pointless trying to persuade him.
It was useless to try to convince the fans to be fair to the coach. 
Era inútil tratar de convencer a los aficionados para ser justos con el entrenador.
Hoy al gimnasio un cliente mio (que yo no podía recordar) me ha visto y ha dicho gracias por ayudarle. A veces es bien saber que no soy totalmente inútil...
Today at the gym a client of mine (whom I couldn't remember) saw me and said thanks for helping him. Sometimes it's good to know I'm not utterly useless...
Lo usaba muchas veces antes, pero ahora es inútil,
I used it many times before, but now it is useless,
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A menudo compramos muchas cosas inútiles, y las conservamos por razones sentimentales.
Often we buy many useless things, and we keep them for sentimental reasons.
La poesia es , de verás, inútil pero ni siquiera, a veces una frase poética se queda en la mente para siempre, ¿ Inútil?¡ Claro que sí!
Poetry is useless, really. However, sometimes a line of poetry lodges in our minds forever, so, is that useless? Obviously!
¿Te sientes inútil? Mejora tu autoestima.
Do you feel useless? Improve your self-esteem.
He sido víctima de unos pocos productos inútiles en mi tiempo, pero el estándar por el cual mido todos los demás es la ola de huevo. Años más tarde, mi esposa todavía se burla de mí acerca de esta compra.
I have fallen victim to a few useless products in my time, but the standard by which I measure all others is the egg wave. Years later, my wife still teases me about this purchase.
