fruitless
adjective
useless; unproductive; without results or success.
fruitlessly
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a word derived from
fruitless.
Example Sentences
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That left the fingers twitching fruitlessly, but even a failed attempt creates data that will be used in training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
I know that she spent years fruitlessly searching for her birth mother.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
As the passengers fruitlessly tried to escape, Boylan and four crew members jumped from the top deck into the waters of Platts Harbor on Santa Cruz Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
The allies—some of whom are the ones tirelessly but fruitlessly negotiating the terms of a cease-fire—clearly want the war to stop.
From Slate ● May 13, 2024
But even better than that was the fact that my days of fruitlessly searching for Denna were at an end.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
