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fruitless

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːtləs/

The English word “fruitless” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Bearing no fruit; barren.
  2. Unproductive, useless.
  3. Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
  4. Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit + -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).

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