Fruitless
adjective
Not producing any good results, unsuccessful.
His long search for a job was fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless attempt
- fruitless search
adjective
Not producing the effect, result or reward that was intended or desired.
Their efforts to revive him were fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless negotiations
- fruitless discussions
adjective
Not capable of achieving anything.
All our attempts to solve the problem were fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless undertaking
- fruitless adventure
adjective
Not producing fruit.
The tree is old and fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless tree
- fruitless plant
adjective
Not producing any good results, unsuccessful.
His long search for a job was fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless attempt
- fruitless search
adjective
Not producing the effect, result or reward that was intended or desired.
Their efforts to revive him were fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless negotiations
- fruitless discussions
adjective
Not capable of achieving anything.
All our attempts to solve the problem were fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless undertaking
- fruitless adventure
adjective
Not producing fruit.
The tree is old and fruitless.
Often appears as...
- fruitless tree
- fruitless plant
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Outcome
Fruitless implies an effort made but without success, emphasizing disappointment.
Even after studying all night, her fruitless efforts made her feel discouraged.
Pro Tip 2/2Time and Effort
Use 'fruitless' to indicate that time and effort did not lead to success.
The team's fruitless attempts to win the championship left them exhausted.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Outcome
Fruitless implies an effort made but without success, emphasizing disappointment.
Even after studying all night, her fruitless efforts made her feel discouraged.
Pro Tip 2/2Time and Effort
Use 'fruitless' to indicate that time and effort did not lead to success.
The team's fruitless attempts to win the championship left them exhausted.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Outcome
Fruitless implies an effort made but without success, emphasizing disappointment.
Even after studying all night, her fruitless efforts made her feel discouraged.
Pro Tip 2/2Time and Effort
Use 'fruitless' to indicate that time and effort did not lead to success.
The team's fruitless attempts to win the championship left them exhausted.
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down an animal otherwise it is going to be just a fruitless exercise because the other big predators who does scavenge from other predators such as the eilers if they cannot manage to take their kill up into the tree they are obviously going to lose that so
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
down an animal otherwise it is going to be just a fruitless exercise because the other big predators who does scavenge from other predators such as the eilers if they cannot manage to take their kill up into the tree they are obviously going to lose that so
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Quote examples
LZ Granderson
American Journalist
Instead of this fruitless debate about having it all, men and women should focus on what make us happy. Instead of comparing our lives with people we don't know who are making sacrifices we don't see, we should try to find the right balance between home and work life.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian Statesman
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
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John Steinbeck
American Author
A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.
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Sayed Kashua
Israeli Author
Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant.
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James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I kind of embarked on a fruitless search to find information about my character, Frederick Aiken. And it was fruitless, unfortunately, because there's so little about him.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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John Dewey
American Philosopher
Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.
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Jean Monnet
French Politician
To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
To exist in an echo chamber and only talk to people with whom we agree is fruitless.
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LZ Granderson
American Journalist
Instead of this fruitless debate about having it all, men and women should focus on what make us happy. Instead of comparing our lives with people we don't know who are making sacrifices we don't see, we should try to find the right balance between home and work life.
Quote examples
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian Statesman
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
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John Steinbeck
American Author
A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.
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Sayed Kashua
Israeli Author
Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant.
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James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I kind of embarked on a fruitless search to find information about my character, Frederick Aiken. And it was fruitless, unfortunately, because there's so little about him.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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John Dewey
American Philosopher
Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.
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Jean Monnet
French Politician
To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
To exist in an echo chamber and only talk to people with whom we agree is fruitless.
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