Meaning

1 senses
  1. (figuratively)Not bearing fruit.

    Despite going on for two hours, her search was unfruitful.

    unfruchtbar, fruchtlos

    беспло́дныйbesplódnyj

More definitions
  • not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I'm afraid your plan will prove unfruitful.

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  2. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful.

From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful.

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Forms

more unfruitful, most unfruitful
Comparativemore unfruitful Lesson
Superlativemost unfruitful Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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