unfruitful

Adjective

Meaning

Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

poor dead DRY waste unsuccessful insufficient inadequate ineffective bare useless idle arid vain wasted lean
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Antonyms

fruitful effective green practical rich efficient
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Phrases with the word

self-unfruitful

Examples

Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. Alfred Jules Ayer

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them." Source: Internet

This year Caps announced that he was going to be playing for the Harare giants, when he is around the age of 30. The move by the team is one of the unfruitful exercises for the top flight league football. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unfrugal unfrugally unfruited unfruitfullness unfruitfully unfruitfulness