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fruitless 音標拼音: [fr'utləs] a. 不結果的,不長果實的,無子的 不結果的,不長果實的,無子的 fruitless adj 1: unproductive of success; " a fruitless search"; " futile years after her artistic peak"; " a sleeveless errand"; " a vain attempt" [ synonym: { bootless}, { fruitless}, { futile}, { sleeveless}, { vain}] Fruitless \ Fruit" less\, a. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 91 Moby Thesaurus words for " 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
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