fruitless
[adjective]
Synonyms: useless, futile, ineffectual, pointless, profitless, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain

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Antonyms: fruitful
Contrasted words: fecund, fertile, prolific
Related Words: barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, foiled, frustrated, thwarted, infructuous, unprofitable

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

fruit‧less /ˈfruːtləs/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: fruit, fruition, fruiterer; adjective: fruitful ≠ fruitless, fruity; verb: fruit; adverb: fruitfully ≠ fruitlessly]
failing to achieve what was wanted, especially after a lot of effort Antonym : fruitful
fruitless attempt/exercise
a fruitless attempt to settle the dispute
So far, their search has been fruitless.
—fruitlessly adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

fruitless
adj.
VERBS be, prove, seem | render sth Dunbar's departure rendered the whole operation quite fruitless.
ADV. quite, utterly | largely | apparently

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