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unfruitful
[ uhn-froot-fuhl ]
adjective
- not providing satisfaction; unprofitable:
unfruitful efforts.
Synonyms: unrewarding, unproductive, vain, fruitless
- not producing offspring; sterile:
an unfruitful marriage.
- not yielding good crops; infertile:
unfruitful acres.
- not bearing fruit; fruitless; barren:
an unfruitful tree.
unfruitful
/ ʌnˈfruːtfʊl /
adjective
- barren, unproductive, or unprofitable
- failing to produce or develop into fruit
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Derived Forms
- unˈfruitfulness, noun
- unˈfruitfully, adverb
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Other Words From
- un·fruitful·ly adverb
- un·fruitful·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unfruitful1
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Example Sentences
Yet an age in which great questions were handled by great men could not be either an unfruitful or an uninteresting one.
St. Paul says, "If I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful."
It is astonishing to see with what facility the vine thrives in a soil apparently so unfruitful.
The process of the fiery judgment consuming the unfruitful vine tree had already begun.
The Parable of the unfruitful vine shows that the nation was good for nothing, and burning awaited the city.
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