unfruitful
not providing satisfaction; unprofitable: unfruitful efforts.
not producing offspring; sterile: an unfruitful marriage.
not yielding good crops; infertile: unfruitful acres.
not bearing fruit; fruitless; barren: an unfruitful tree.
Origin of unfruitful
1Other words for unfruitful
Other words from unfruitful
- un·fruit·ful·ly, adverb
- un·fruit·ful·ness, noun
Words Nearby unfruitful
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How to use unfruitful in a sentence
Yet an age in which great questions were handled by great men could not be either an unfruitful or an uninteresting one.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonSt. Paul says, "If I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful."
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeIt is astonishing to see with what facility the vine thrives in a soil apparently so unfruitful.
The process of the fiery judgment consuming the unfruitful vine tree had already begun.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinThe Parable of the unfruitful vine shows that the nation was good for nothing, and burning awaited the city.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
British Dictionary definitions for unfruitful
/ (ʌnˈfruːtfʊl) /
barren, unproductive, or unprofitable
failing to produce or develop into fruit
Derived forms of unfruitful
- unfruitfully, adverb
- unfruitfulness, noun
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