About The Word Fruitless
Learn about the word Fruitless to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Fruitless definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Fruitless
| Fruitless Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Fruitless?
[adj] unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fruitless: bootless | futile | sleeveless | unproductive | vain Related Terms | Find terms related to Fruitless: abortive | acarpous | arid | barren | bootless | celibate | childless | counterproductive | desert | desolate | drained | dried-up | dry | effete | empty | etiolated | exhausted | failed | failing | fallow | fatuitous | fatuous | feckless | foiled | frustrated | futile | gainless | gaunt | gelded | idle | impotent | inadequate | inane | ineffective | ineffectual | inefficacious | infecund | infertile | inoperative | invalid | issueless | jejune | lame | leached | manque | menopausal | miscarried | miscarrying | nonfertile | nonproducing | nonproductive | nonprolific | nonremunerative | nugacious | nugatory | of no effect | of no force | otiose | pointless | profitless | rewardless | sine prole | sterile | stickit | stillborn | successless | sucked dry | teemless | thwarted | unavailable | unavailing | uncultivated | unfertile | unfortunate | unfruitful | unplowed | unproductive | unprofitable | unprolific | unremunerative | unrewarding | unsown | unsuccessful | untilled | useless | vain | virgin | waste | wasted | without issue | worthless See Also | Fruitless In Webster's Dictionary \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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Prince albert yew ‐ small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches…
- Preposterously ‐ so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably…
- Coloration ‐ choice and use of colors (as by an artist) [n] appearance with…
- Workhouse ‐ a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months…
- Genus calceolaria ‐ large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy…
- Saffron crocus ‐ Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic…
- Basil mint ‐ perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous…
- Amended ‐ modified for the better; "his amended ways" [adj] of…
- Undersealed ‐ (of motor vehicles) having a coating of tar or rubber-based material…
- Mint julep ‐ bourbon and sugar and mint over…