Sentence examples for useless condition from inspiring English sources

The existence of such structures, "organs in a rudimentary, imperfect, and useless condition, or quite aborted, far from presenting a strange difficulty, as they assuredly do on the ordinary doctrine of creation, might even have been anticipated, and can be accounted for by the laws of inheritance" (1859: 456).

The models performed well in predicting the global mean surface temperature and had some predictive value in the Atlantic Ocean, but they were virtually useless at forecasting conditions over the vast Pacific Ocean.

However, part of the mutation produced by transposable elements might affect genes useless in laboratory conditions and will therefore be taken into account in the calculation of mean fitness effects of mutations even if they do not affect any phenotype in the laboratory environment.

Any conclusions are totally useless if the experimental conditions cannot be constructed again.

Other turbines, like Savonius, have a low maximum efficiency, which renders them useless in poor wind conditions.

By early 1916 it had become clear to all serving on the front lines that the Ross was useless in the filthy conditions of the trenches and its incompatibility with the British Lee Enfield rifle meant that the Canadian troops were continually running out of ammunition.

The treatment for various histopathological subtypes leading to nephrotic syndrome is different, with corticosteroids beneficial in some conditions and useless in other cases.

However, this condition may be useless for practical computations.

Down is an excellent insulator in dry conditions, but virtually useless if it gets wet.

If the original program has gone, an archive of mint-condition files can be useless.

But critics say the sanctions are useless because China attaches no such conditions.