fruitless.
Bearing no fruit; barren.
Meaning & usage
Bearing no fruit; barren.
Unproductive, useless.
The unskilled man’s attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.
Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
The fruitless woman desperately wanted to have children.
Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit + -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).
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