1
: unsuccessful
a fruitless attempt
2
: lacking or not bearing fruit
fruitlessly
adverb
fruitlessness
noun
Examples of fruitless in a Sentence
They made a fruitless attempt to find a solution.
It would be fruitless to continue.
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That said, those incursions into Florida territory proved fruitless, which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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Nick Ashbourne, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
What Went Wrong Similar to the types of mistakes that a human might make, the LLMs often employed logic errors, used false or unproven assumptions, at times aimlessly pursued a fruitless direction, and made basic algebraic and arithmetic miscalculations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For the most part, however, lengthy filibusters throughout history have been largely fruitless efforts legislatively.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Predicting the market’s movements is fruitless.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Nick Ashbourne, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
What Went Wrong Similar to the types of mistakes that a human might make, the LLMs often employed logic errors, used false or unproven assumptions, at times aimlessly pursued a fruitless direction, and made basic algebraic and arithmetic miscalculations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For the most part, however, lengthy filibusters throughout history have been largely fruitless efforts legislatively.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Predicting the market’s movements is fruitless.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Fruitless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fruitless. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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fruitless
adjective
fruit·less
ˈfrüt-ləs 
1
: not bearing fruit
2
: producing no good results : unsuccessful
a fruitless attempt
fruitlessly
adverb
fruitlessness
noun
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