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Meanings of fruitless in English

Unproductive of success.

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Usage of fruitless in English
1
Yet, each search over the course of almost two years proved fruitless.
The South African
2
Fighting him on land is fruitless, he just slips back to sea.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
3
But all efforts to find their family and their home proved fruitless.
The Guardian
4
An unprecedented multinational search for the jet has so far proved fruitless.
Reuters
5
That too was a fruitless effort; it had no intention of compliance.
The Hellbound Heart
6
The morning passed away in unceasing yet fruitless speculation on the future.
Coningsby; Or, The New Generation
7
Attempts to create vaccines over the last three decades have proved fruitless.
The Guardian
8
Neither of the captives, however, submitted without a desperate though fruitless struggle.
The Last of the Mohicans
9
Attempting to be stylish used to be a fruitless task at Glastonbury.
The Guardian
10
Again I tried to urge him forward; but the attempt was fruitless.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
11
His search had proved fruitless, but that did not change his mind.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
12
Yet the cause was righteous and the opposition proved vain and fruitless.
How to Succeed; Or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune
13
But now they'd been called off after three days of fruitless searching.
The preacher
14
Talks now would either be fruitless or delay a proper restart later.
Reuters
15
Meanwhile, the efforts of the police to find the assassin were fruitless.
Helen of the Old House
16
So now to my fruitless appointment at the bottom of the garden.
She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common