bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
(adjective) unproductive of success; “a fruitless search”; “futile years after her artistic peak”; “a sleeveless errand”; “a vain attempt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fruitless (comparative more fruitless, superlative most fruitless)
Bearing no fruit; barren.
(figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
(figuratively, archaic) Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
(rare) Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.
• See futile
• fruitful
• (unproductive): effective, efficacious, productive, useful
• resistful
Source: Wiktionary
Fruit"less, a.
1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak.
2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy. They in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours. Milton.
Syn.
– Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual; vain; idle; profitless. See Useless.
– Fruit"less*ly, adv.
– Fruit"lness*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2024
(noun) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
