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adj. Producing no fruit.

adj. Unproductive of success: a fruitless search. See Synonyms at futile.

adj. Useless; unproductive.

adj. Bearing no fruit; barren.

adj. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring

adj. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable

Not bearing fruit; destitute of fruit or offspring: as, a fruitless plant; a fruitless marriage.

Productive of or attended by no advantage or good result; ineffective; useless; idle: as, a fruitless attempt; a, fruitless controversy.

Synonyms Barren, unprofitable, profitless Ineffectual, Unavailing, etc. (see useless); vain, idle, abortive, bootless, futile.

adj. unproductive of success

"The extent of the division became further apparent as a German member of the ECB, Jürgen Stark, bluntly urged governments from the bloc of euro-using nations to halt what he called the "fruitless" discussion over a private-sector role in a new Greek bailout."

unproductive   

unprofitable    idle    abortive    barren    profitless   

rootless   

futile    unsuccessful    pointless    arduous    ineffectual