unfruitfulnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfruːtf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈfrutfəlnəs/ (un- prefix1 6; cf. unfruitfully adv.)
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun]
unkinda1200
barrenhoodc1380
barrennessa1382
geldheada1400
sterility1535
sterileness1558
unfruitfulness1565
infecundity1605
deadness1611
infertility1869
subfertility1917
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [noun] > condition of not bearing fruit
unfruitfulness1707
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > uselessness or unproductiveness
fruitlessness1615
sterility1661
profitlessness1822
bootlessness1830
unfruitfulness1850
resultlessness1852
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Infœcunditas,..barrainenesse: vnfruitefulnesse.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 158 The little Pullets, or Hennes,..both for theyr vnfruitfulnesse, and other causes.
1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. xi. 405 The vnfruitfulnesse of Anna.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) ii. 15 We judge Dotage compleat then, as unfruitfullnesse In Women at threescore.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 527 The great Point to be taken care of about Fruit Trees, which is the Unfruitfulness of them.
1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto i I divorce her from this hour. Too long has she cursed me by her unfruitfulness.
1850 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Baptism (ed. 3) 35 It is unreasonable..to complain of that unfruitfulness [of baptism] which results from their own neglect.
1873 B. Stewart Conservation of Energy v. 140 The unfruitfulness of the earlier views.
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