fruitless
fruit·less
adjective
1.
- “a fruitless search”
- “futile years after her artistic peak”
- “a sleeveless errand”
- “a vain attempt”
Origin
Inherited from Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit + -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).
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