fruitless

adjectiveB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more fruitlessmost fruitless

Superlative

fruitlesse

1.
Bearing no fruit; barren.
2.
(figuratively)Unproductive, useless.
The unskilled man’s attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.
Đồng nghĩa: bootless, barren, futile, fruitless, gainless, idle, inane, ineffectual, inefficacious, inutile, no good, otiose, pointless, profitless, purposeless, tired, unavailing, unprofitable, unuseful, unutilizable, useless, vain, void
3.
(archaic, figuratively)Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
The fruitless woman desperately wanted to have children.
4.
(rare)Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

bootlessbarren futilegainlessidle inaneineffectualinefficaciousinutileno goodotiose pointless profitless purposeless tired unavailing unprofitable unuseful unutilizable useless

Trái nghĩa

fruitful effective efficacious productive useful

Cùng gốc / liên quan

fruitlesslyfruitlessness

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit + -less. Compare withouten fruyt.