functionless
Adjective
Meaning
Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
no-good
function
useless
vain
unfit
futile
worthless
hopeless
helpless
pointless
inoperative
unnecessary
functioning
unsuitable
unworkable
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Dogs have molar teeth behind the carnassials for crushing bones, but cats have only a greatly reduced, functionless molar behind the carnassial in the upper jaw.
He says that the view that mind is an epiphenomenon of brain activity is not consistent with evolutionary theory, because if mind were functionless, it would have disappeared long ago, as it would not have been favoured by evolution.