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Meanings of
fruitless
in English
Unproductive of success.
vain
futile
sleeveless
bootless
Related terms
unproductive
Synonyms
Examples for "
vain
"
vain
futile
sleeveless
bootless
Examples for "
vain
"
1
I coaxed; I threatened; I persuaded; but it was all in
vain
.
2
They organize in
vain
;
they protest in
vain
;
they appeal in
vain
.
3
I can say this, however: your good looks haven't made you
vain
.
4
Mark inquired; Lord Minchampstead inquired; great personages inquired; but all in
vain
.
5
Her aunt scolded in
vain
;
in spite of the remarks of Mlle.
1
Therefore, hoping it will happen in the future is
futile
,
he said.
2
But ultimately all three Irish teams' defiance against French opposition proved
futile
.
3
I once treated a young father who decided to stop
futile
chemotherapy.
4
Employers branded today's action
futile
and insisted no more money is available.
5
I often think that my mission was
futile
from the very start.
1
Luke Donald's diamond-patterned
sleeveless
jumpers are a throwback to older fashion days.
2
Loose-fitting women's tops rendered in natural fibers were
sleeveless
and seemingly carefree.
3
She soon peeled away two layers to reveal a
sleeveless
orange top.
4
She was wearing nothing but her panties and a
sleeveless
baby-doll nightgown.
5
The long,
sleeveless
pale-blue satiny dress she wore looked like a nightgown.
1
But the son of Saturn afflicts me with
bootless
wranglings and strife.
2
The old Squire never learned of Halstead's
bootless
experiment in forced feeding.
3
Buddhism was an after-thought, only reached after six years of
bootless
asceticism.
4
Mr. Thomas Marvel stood
bootless
and amazed, his jacket nearly thrown off.
5
Then came a sound as of
bootless
feet pressing the stairs stealthily!
Usage of
fruitless
in English
1
Yet, each search over the course of almost two years proved
fruitless
.
2
Fighting him on land is
fruitless
,
he just slips back to sea.
3
But all efforts to find their family and their home proved
fruitless
.
4
An unprecedented multinational search for the jet has so far proved
fruitless
.
5
That too was a
fruitless
effort; it had no intention of compliance.
6
The morning passed away in unceasing yet
fruitless
speculation on the future.
7
Attempts to create vaccines over the last three decades have proved
fruitless
.
8
Neither of the captives, however, submitted without a desperate though
fruitless
struggle.
9
Attempting to be stylish used to be a
fruitless
task at Glastonbury.
10
Again I tried to urge him forward; but the attempt was
fruitless
.
11
His search had proved
fruitless
,
but that did not change his mind.
12
Yet the cause was righteous and the opposition proved vain and
fruitless
.
13
But now they'd been called off after three days of
fruitless
searching.
14
Talks now would either be
fruitless
or delay a proper restart later.
15
Meanwhile, the efforts of the police to find the assassin were
fruitless
.
16
So now to my
fruitless
appointment at the bottom of the garden.
Other examples for "fruitless"
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About this term
fruitless
Adjective
Frequent collocations
prove fruitless
fruitless search
fruitless attempts
fruitless efforts
as fruitless
More collocations
Fruitless
through the time
Fruitless
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common