infructuousadj.

Brit.

/ɪnˈfrʌktjʊəs/, U.S.

/ɪnˈfrək(t)ʃəwəs/, Indian English /ɪnˈfrəkθjuːəs/

Etymology: formed as infructuose adj.: see in- prefix⁴ and fructuous adj., and compare French infructueux (14th cent. in Godefroy Compl.).

1. Not bearing fruit: unfruitful, barren.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > not fruitful or sterile

barrenc1405

bearless1612

infructuous1615

sterile1626

acarpous1871

ablastous1878

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective]

unbearingc825

deafc897

westyOE

wastumlessc975

wilderna1050

drya1340

gelda1350

barren1377

unfructuousa1382

poora1387

ungreenc1400

infecundc1420

farrow1494

fruitlessa1513

unfruitful1531

sterile1552

hungry1577

penurious1594

unfertile1596

infertile1598

howling1611

ungenitureda1616

arid1656

infecundous1661

ungendering1706

yeld1721

unproductive1725

infructuose1727

ungenerative1733

fallow1791

nihili-parturient1812

dowf1824

wastec1825

non-productive1830

unreproductive1836

infructuous1860

unvintaged1869

increative1877

ablastemic1881

submarginal1895

1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 48 Euen infructuous barrennesse brought Christs curse on the figge-tree.

1860 I. Taylor Spirit Hebr. Poetry (1873) 77 It is these [wild flowers]..that because they are infructuous, are spared by marauding bands.

1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. (1865) 62 The intellect..would otherwise remain infructuous.

2. Unproductive of good results; fruitless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > useless or unproductive

fruitless1340

unfructuousc1380

unfruitous1382

unfruitfula1400

barren1549

blanka1556

effectless1594

issueless1611

infructuous1615

sterile1642

thorny ground1657

unproductivea1676

infructuose1727

resultless1832

irresultive1850

unresultive1850

unprocreant1851

1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy 28 in Blacke Devill The wolfe liuing is like Rumney Marsh. Hyeme malus, æstate molestus, nunquam bonus... Thus euery way is this wolfe infructuous.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 526 [He] is verging towards fatuity from incessant and infructuous exertions.

1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 27 Feb. (1941) 197 We had a final and totally infructuous meeting.

1884 Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. 357 There are no controversies so wearisome and infructuous as our ecclesiastical.

Derivatives

inˈfructuously adv. unfruitfully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > uselessly or unproductively

unfruitfullyc1450

fruitlessly1629

effectless1755

unproductively1793

infructuously1827

resultlessly1839

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 6 May (1941) 48 Wrought again at Hoffmann—infructuously I fear.

1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 160 Mr. Peacock's cooperage..around which I found I had been infructuously describing a circle.

1887 N. Amer. Rev. July 36 He [the actor] soon found that his art was infructuously employed in obtaining applause.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2022).

单词	infructuous
释义	infructuousadj. Brit. /ɪnˈfrʌktjʊəs/, U.S. /ɪnˈfrək(t)ʃəwəs/, Indian English /ɪnˈfrəkθjuːəs/ Etymology: formed as infructuose adj.: see in- prefix⁴ and fructuous adj., and compare French infructueux (14th cent. in Godefroy Compl.). 1. Not bearing fruit: unfruitful, barren. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > not fruitful or sterile barrenc1405 bearless1612 infructuous1615 sterile1626 acarpous1871 ablastous1878 the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective] unbearingc825 deafc897 westyOE wastumlessc975 wilderna1050 drya1340 gelda1350 barren1377 unfructuousa1382 poora1387 ungreenc1400 infecundc1420 farrow1494 fruitlessa1513 unfruitful1531 sterile1552 hungry1577 penurious1594 unfertile1596 infertile1598 howling1611 ungenitureda1616 arid1656 infecundous1661 ungendering1706 yeld1721 unproductive1725 infructuose1727 ungenerative1733 fallow1791 nihili-parturient1812 dowf1824 wastec1825 non-productive1830 unreproductive1836 infructuous1860 unvintaged1869 increative1877 ablastemic1881 submarginal1895 1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 48 Euen infructuous barrennesse brought Christs curse on the figge-tree. 1860 I. Taylor Spirit Hebr. Poetry (1873) 77 It is these [wild flowers]..that because they are infructuous, are spared by marauding bands. 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. (1865) 62 The intellect..would otherwise remain infructuous. 2. Unproductive of good results; fruitless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > useless or unproductive fruitless1340 unfructuousc1380 unfruitous1382 unfruitfula1400 barren1549 blanka1556 effectless1594 issueless1611 infructuous1615 sterile1642 thorny ground1657 unproductivea1676 infructuose1727 resultless1832 irresultive1850 unresultive1850 unprocreant1851 1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy 28 in Blacke Devill The wolfe liuing is like Rumney Marsh. Hyeme malus, æstate molestus, nunquam bonus... Thus euery way is this wolfe infructuous. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 526 [He] is verging towards fatuity from incessant and infructuous exertions. 1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 27 Feb. (1941) 197 We had a final and totally infructuous meeting. 1884 Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. 357 There are no controversies so wearisome and infructuous as our ecclesiastical. Derivatives inˈfructuously adv. unfruitfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > uselessly or unproductively unfruitfullyc1450 fruitlessly1629 effectless1755 unproductively1793 infructuously1827 resultlessly1839 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 6 May (1941) 48 Wrought again at Hoffmann—infructuously I fear. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 160 Mr. Peacock's cooperage..around which I found I had been infructuously describing a circle. 1887 N. Amer. Rev. July 36 He [the actor] soon found that his art was infructuously employed in obtaining applause. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < adj.1615
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