1
as in unsuccessful
producing no results
this argument is totally fruitless, as neither of us will change our position
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2
as in barren
not able to produce fruit or offspring
a stand of blighted, fruitless trees
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Recent Examples of fruitless
However, President Donald Trump’s attempts to establish his own gold card program are likely to prove fruitless.
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David Bier, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
But, after weeks of fruitless search efforts, his family began to lose hope.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
But until House and Senate Republicans get on the same page, tonight’s vote-a-rama could prove largely fruitless.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Anfield Newcastle’s miserable and fruitless journeys to Anfield stretch back into the previous century.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
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David Bier, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
But, after weeks of fruitless search efforts, his family began to lose hope.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
But until House and Senate Republicans get on the same page, tonight’s vote-a-rama could prove largely fruitless.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Anfield Newcastle’s miserable and fruitless journeys to Anfield stretch back into the previous century.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitless
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Officials said he was found semiconscious on the River Trail on June 30 but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Efforts to refloat the ship during high tide on Thursday were unsuccessful.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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The Bureau’s new research station on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano, with its high altitude and barren landscape, would prove to be the ideal collection spot.—
Ashley Braun,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Cutting spending wasted on a futile pursuit of a global empire is not just a fiscal necessity.—
Ron Paul,
Oc Register,
20 May 2025
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Desperate Steve Kerr frequently toggled his non-Draymond Green big men as late as the second round of the playoffs in a futile effort to contain the giants of the Minnesota Timberwolves around the rim.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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Recently, 26 previously unknown bacterial species were discovered in NASA clean rooms — some of the most sterile places humanity has built, designed to prevent spacecraft from carrying unwanted microbes to other planetary bodies.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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Of long drives and sterile sheets, trapped in tiny spaces with your thoughts.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
18 May 2025
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And beyond… Generalizations can be either good or bad, useful or useless.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The character who can go through walls is useless, because beyond the walls is nothing but dirt.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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From Sonos’ side, this could just be a logical conclusion to a somewhat unfruitful partnership with mid-tier products that the brand itself increasingly competes directly with.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
7 May 2025
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But his administration’s efforts, so far, have been unfruitful.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Fruitless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitless. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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