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adjective
Date: 14th century
1. unsuccessful <a fruitless attempt> 2. lacking or not bearing fruit Synonyms: see futile • fruitlessly adverb • fruitlessness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fruitless
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Fruitless — Fruit less, a. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fruitless — index barren, futile, idle, ineffective, ineffectual, needless, otiose, unavailing, unproductive … Law dictionary
fruitless — mid 14c., unprofitable, from FRUIT (Cf. fruit) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning barren, sterile is from 1510s. Related: Fruitlessly … Etymology dictionary
fruitless — *futile, vain, bootless, abortive Analogous words: unfruitful, barren, infertile, *sterile: *vain, idle, otiose, nugatory, empty, hollow: frustrated, thwarted, foiled (see FRUSTRATE) Antonyms: fruitful Contrasted words: *effective, effectual, e … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fruitless — [adj] bringing no advantage, product abortive, barren, empty, futile, gainless, idle, ineffective, ineffectual, infertile, in vain, pointless, profitless, spinning one’s wheels*, sterile, to no avail*, to no effect*, unavailable, unavailing,… … New thesaurus
fruitless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive. 2) not producing fruit. DERIVATIVES fruitlessly adverb fruitlessness noun … English terms dictionary
fruitless — [fro͞ot′lis] adj. [ME fruitles] 1. without results; unprofitable; unsuccessful; vain 2. bearing no fruit; sterile; barren SYN. FUTILE fruitlessly adv. fruitlessness n … English World dictionary
fruitless — fruit|less [ˈfru:tləs] adj failing to achieve what was wanted, especially after a lot of effort ≠ ↑fruitful fruitless attempt/exercise ▪ a fruitless attempt to settle the dispute ▪ So far, their search has been fruitless. >fruitlessly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
fruitless — [[t]fru͟ːtləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Fruitless actions, events, or efforts do not achieve anything at all. It was a fruitless search... Talks have so far have been fruitless. Syn: unproductive Derived words: fruitlessly ADV ADV with v Four years of… … English dictionary
fruitless — adjective failing to achieve what was wanted, especially after much effort : fruitless attempt/search/journey: a fruitless attempt to settle the dispute | So far, their search has been fruitless. opposite fruitful (1) fruitlessly adverb… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
