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What is the adjective for fruitless?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs fructify, fruit, fructuate and fruiten which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

fruity
  1. containing fruit or fruit flavoring
  2. similar to fruit or tasting of fruit
  3. (informal) mad, crazy
  4. Synonyms:
      5. tangy, zesty, sweet, grapey, lemony, plummy, containing fruit, tasting of fruit, full, resonant, rich, deep, booming, clear, loud, mellow, smooth, strong, harmonious, mellifluous, vibrant, full-toned, full-bodied, sonorous, ringing, rotund, canorous, powerful, reverberating, reverberant, resounding, orotund, reverberative, melodious, round, plangent, golden, robust, consonant, sonorant, baritone, carrying, pulsating, dulcet, mellifluent, throaty, echoing, stentorian, phat … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “With or without the squash, the fruity flavors of the stuffing make a great accompaniment to pork chops.”
      “When fresh fruits are mixed with saffron-laced thick custard milk, a delicious fruity salad with milk is born.”
      “He bowed, then spoke in a fruity voice with a rolling English accent.”
fruitless
  1. Useless; unproductive.
  2. Bearing no fruit; barren.
  3. (rare) Without fruit.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. useless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, unproductive, vain, pointless, worthless, unprofitable, unsuccessful, unavailing, profitless, inefficacious, abortive, empty, bootless, idle, otiose, barren, hollow, unrewarding, wasted, needless, unfruitful, unprolific, unavailable, gainless, in vain, to no avail, to no effect, for naught, spinning one's wheels, wild goose chase, valueless, purposeless, hopeless, failed, nugatory, meaningless, impotent, senseless, to no purpose, insignificant, inutile, of no use, trivial, aimless, inconsequential, thwarted, counterproductive … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Last week's picket forced the council to concede hours of informal and ultimately fruitless talks.”
      “This housing usually consisted of rundown huts that were poorly built near fruitless land that had various problems of tillage, terrain, and irrigation.”
      “It was stupid, and fruitless considering the situation, but it was the only thing he could do, and his terror drove him to it.”
fruitful
  1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.
  2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. useful, worthwhile, beneficial, effective, profitable, rewarding, advantageous, constructive, gainful, successful, efficacious, effectual, efficient, helpful, operative, potent, valuable, conducive, prosperous, well-spent, of use, well spent, of help, win-win, of assistance, productive, good, lucrative, favourable, favorable, expedient, remunerative, serviceable, practical, moneymaking, positive, propitious, opportune, economic, of benefit, auspicious, paying, of service, beneficent, suitable, benignant, benefic, money-spinning, fat, juicy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Yet, it would be nice if there were a deductive way to ensure fruitful collaboration.”
      “It was seen in the region of Dobrudja, Northeastern Bulgaria, which has always been taken as an example of fruitful land.”
      “This was the beginning of a most fruitful era for missionary activities in the whole of Central Asia.”
fructiculose
  1. fruitful; full of fruit.
fruitfull
  1. Archaic form of fruitful.
fructiferous
  1. bearing fruit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fecund, lush, rich, fertile, luxuriant, fruitful, productive, prolific, teeming, cornucopian, fat, flourishing, fructuous, generative, thriving, breeding, proliferating, propagative, proliferant, propagating, reproducing, spawning, generating, high-yielding, bounteous, abundant, fruiting, progenitive, profuse, childing, fruit-bearing, yielding, reproductive, bountiful, plenteous, plentiful, virile, flowering, uberous, feracious, rank, proliferative, proliferous, swarming, arable, producing, vegetative, flowing with milk and honey, potent, bearing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It can be cultivated as an ornamental, scenting and fructiferous tree.”
      “Paul's genius was absorbent, fructiferous, prolific of golden dreams.”
fructivorous
  1. fruit-eating
fruitlike
  1. Resembling fruit.
  2. Examples:
      3. “With a mouthful of this murderous fruitlike dentition, tyrannosaurs had a whopping bite, which might have made up for their reduced forelimbs.”
      “Her nose was fat and fruitlike, a nose for pratfalls and slapstick, not jetés and pirouettes and pliés and whatnot.”
      “The so-called oak apple, a round, spongy, fruitlike object about 2.5 to 5 cm in diameter, is caused by the larvae of the gall wasp Biorhiza pallida.”
fructed
  1. (escutcheon) Bearing fruit.
fruitious
  1. (obsolete) fruitful
fructuous
  1. (rare) fruitful
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rich, fertile, lush, fruitful, fecund, productive, luxuriant, prolific, cornucopian, fat, teeming, abundant, generative, flourishing, high-yielding, thriving, yielding, profuse, arable, breeding, spawning, reproducing, proliferant, plentiful, fruit-bearing, rank, dense, fructiferous, exuberant, overgrown, verdant, riotous, green, rampant, superabundant, proliferating, propagative, plenteous, flowering, thick, weedy, vigorous, grown, leafy, prosperous, bounteous, propagating, vegetative, uberous, feracious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The fructuous farmland yielded plentiful harvests every year, providing sustenance for the entire community.”
      “An exhibition was installed in the coffee and lunch room and allow fructuous informal discussions among the participants.”
      “I propose to initiate with you a solid and fructuous partnership.”
fruited
  1. Containing fruit.
fruitfulest
  1. superlative form of fruitful: most fruitful
fruitfuller
  1. comparative form of fruitful: more fruitful
fruitfullest
  1. superlative form of fruitful: most fruitful
fruitier
  1. comparative form of fruity: more fruity
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tangier, zestier, sweeter, grapier, lemonier, plummier, fuller, richer, deeper, clearer, louder, mellower, smoother, stronger, more resonant, more booming, more harmonious, more mellifluous, more vibrant, more sonorous, more ringing, rotunder, more canorous, powerfuller, more reverberant, more resounding, more reverberative, more orotund, more melodious, rounder, more plangent, more golden, robuster, more consonant, more mellifluent, throatier, more stentorian, phatter, more imposing, more distinct, bigger, more prominent, more expressive, more eloquent, brighter, more significant, silverier, more cacophonous, more stentorious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Flavors get lighter and fruitier in the spring and that sap-rising energy gets creative juices flowing, and pouring.”
      “The many new world wines, with the exception of American blush wines, are bolder, fruitier and frequently more alcoholic and should really be included as a third category.”
      “According to a new study, couples who eat lots of strawberries and bananas end up feeling fruitier in the bedroom.”
fruitiest
  1. superlative form of fruity: most fruity
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tangiest, zestiest, sweetest, grapiest, lemoniest, plummiest, fullest, richest, deepest, clearest, loudest, mellowest, smoothest, strongest, most resonant, most booming, most harmonious, most mellifluous, most vibrant, most sonorous, most ringing, rotundest, most canorous, powerfullest, most reverberant, most resounding, most reverberative, most orotund, most melodious, roundest, most plangent, most golden, robustest, most consonant, most mellifluent, throatiest, most stentorian, phattest, most imposing, biggest, most distinct, most prominent, most significant, most expressive, most eloquent, brightest, silveriest, most cacophonous, most stentorious … more
fructified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fructify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pollinated, fecundated, fertilised, fertilized, cross-fertilized, cross-pollinated, made fruitful, composted, enriched, fed, feed, mulched, manured, nourished, dressed, drest, dunged, fertigated, treated, top-dressed, added fertilizer to, enriched with fertilizer, made more fertile, conceived, made pregnant, mucked, bloomed, blossomed, flowered, grew, grown, burgeoned, sprouted, developed, developt, bourgeoned, unfolded, opened, blew, blown, effloresced, budded, germinated, burst, brast, bursten, matured … more
fructifying
  1. present participle of fructify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pollinating, fecundating, fertilising, fertilizing, cross-fertilizing, cross-pollinating, making fruitful, composting, enriching, feeding, mulching, manuring, nourishing, dressing, dunging, fertigating, treating, top-dressing, adding fertilizer to, enriching with fertilizer, making more fertile, conceiving, making pregnant, mucking, blooming, blossoming, flowering, growing, burgeoning, sprouting, developing, bourgeoning, unfolding, opening, blowing, efflorescing, budding, germinating, bursting, maturing, opening out, coming into flower, coming into blossom, bearing fruit, tasselling out, coming into bud, bearing … more
fruiting
  1. present participle of fruit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ripening, maturing, bearing fruit, producing fruit
fructuated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fructuate
fructuating
  1. present participle of fructuate
fruitening
  1. present participle of fruiten
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