zwecklos

From LSJ

Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

German > Latin

zwecklos, inutilis (unnütz). – supervacaneus (überflüssig). Vgl. »planlos«.