FRUITLESS

fruitless. Fruitless, a. void of fruit, barren, unprofitable, vain

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Fruit″less (?), a. 1. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak.
2. 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.