fruitlessadjective
uk/ˈfruːt.ləs/us/ˈfruːt.ləs/If an action or attempt to do something is fruitless, it is unsuccessful or produces nothing of value:
All diplomatic attempts at a peaceful solution to the crisis have been fruitless.
Opposite
fruitful
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Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- futile
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- ornamental
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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Unsuccessful (people and things)
fruitlessly
adverb uk/ˈfruːt.ləs.li/us/ˈfruːt.ləs.li/
fruitlessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈfruːt.ləs.nəs/us/ˈfruːt.ləs.nəs/