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单词 unfructuous
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unfructuousadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfructuous.
1. Producing no fruit; unfruitful. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
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
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile
unbearingc825
geasonOE
unkindc1330
barren1377
unfructuousa1382
poora1387
leanc1420
exile?1440
salt1535
unfruitful?1542
sterile1572
dead1577
unlusty1580
queasy1593
heartless1594
unfertile1596
emacerated1610
sapless1655
unprolific1672
uncivil1676
ungrateful1681
worn1681
teemless1687
unproductive1725
poorish1767
ill-conditioned1796
scanty1797
rammelly1808
starve-acre1891
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxiv. 20 Be he not in recording, but be to-trede as a tree vnfructuous.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxiii. 26 Ne thi loond shal be vnfructuous, ne bareyn.
c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. ii. 58 The trees..were bycomen wylde and vnfructuous.
2. figurative. = unfruitful adj. 2. Now rare.
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
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 29 My mouþ..þat bifore was filid þoru unfructuouse jangelingis.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 258 Ryot and dronkenesse, Unfructuous talkyng, intemperat diete.
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. ii. 65 Speke..þou, my lorde god, euerlastyng trouþe; lest I dye & be made unfructuouse.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 19 Ȝour frute is bot vnfructuus fantasy.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 135 Be ȝe nocht partakers of the vnfruictuous warkis of wickitnes.
1904 R. Bridges Demeter iii. 954 Unfructuous night Stifles her essence in her truthless heart.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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