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fruit⋅less

  [froot-lis]
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–adjective
1. useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
2. bearing no fruit; barren.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see fruit, -less

Related forms:
fruit⋅less⋅ly, adverb
fruit⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. futile, unavailing, vain. 2. sterile.

Antonyms:
1. useful, profitable. 2. fertile.
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fruit·less   (frōōt'lĭs)   
adj.  
  1. Producing no fruit.
  2. Unproductive of success: a fruitless search. See Synonyms at futile.
fruit'less·ly adv., fruit'less·ness n.
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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.

2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy.

They in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours. --Milton.

Syn: Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual; vain; idle; profitless. See Useless. -- Fruit"less*ly, adv. -- Fruit"lness*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : fruitless
Spanish: infructuoso,
German: fruchtlos,
Japanese: 効果のない
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