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Meaning of fruitless

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fruitless

Pronunciation:/ˈfɹutləs/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Bearing no fruit; barren.

  2. Unproductive, useless.

    Example: The unskilled man’s attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.

  3. Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.

    Example: The fruitless woman desperately wanted to have children.

  4. Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.