unfruitful
[ uhn-froot-fuhl ]
/ ʌnˈfrut fəl /
adjective
not providing satisfaction; unprofitable: unfruitful efforts.
not producing offspring; sterile: an unfruitful marriage.
not yielding good crops; infertile: unfruitful acres.
not bearing fruit; fruitless; barren: an unfruitful tree.
RELATED WORDS
fruitless, impotent, infertile, sterile, unproductive, nonproductive, unsuccessful, arid, barren, effete, useless, wasted, acarpous, infecund, unrewarding
Nearby words
- unfriend,
- unfriended,
- unfriendly,
- unfrock,
- unfroze,
- unfulfilled,
- unfunded,
- unfunded debt,
- unfunny,
- unfurl
Origin of unfruitful
SYNONYMS FOR unfruitful
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unfruitful
/ (ʌnˈfruːtfʊl) /
adjective
barren, unproductive, or unprofitable
failing to produce or develop into fruit
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unfruitful
late 14c., "barren," from un- (1) "not" + fruitful. Originally literal; figurative sense is attested from c.1400. Related: Unfruitfully; unfruitfulness.
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