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Definition of unfruitful in English: unfruitfuladjectiveʌnˈfruːtf(ə)lʌnˈfruːtfʊlˌənˈfrutfəl 1Not producing good or helpful results; unproductive. the meeting was unfruitful Example sentencesExamples - Her time at the Manhattan School of Music was similarly unfruitful, and she quit.
- This is all supposition, as no one knows what Novak told the investigators, but it is supposition that manages to tie together the mysteries of Fitzgerald's long and seemingly unfruitful investigation.
- This has led to some unfruitful lines of inquiry, but as the investigation is ongoing it is not possible to comment further on specific cases.
- Advisable though it may be to seek help from any qualified health practitioner, time restrictions and a lack of understanding on the part of GPs means that a trip to the local doctor is generally unfruitful.
- However, another controversial incident leading to a successful short corner strike for Stockton ten minutes from time gave the visitors the last word, with York's late pressure proving unfruitful.
- It's been about cutting away unfruitful frustration and anger.
- But tomorrow would prove to be just as unfruitful.
- Here, a heading had been driven into the hill side in an unfruitful attempt to extract lead.
- The stretch of District Line between Southfields and East Putney station has had long-standing problems with graffiti, but previous approaches to London Underground have proved unfruitful.
- So far, efforts to combat corruption have been unfruitful due to the lack of political will, loopholes in existing laws and regulations and corrupt judicial officers.
- A minute earlier, Duffield had wowed the crowd with an acrobatic but unfruitful overhead kick, as City ended a dull 20-minute spell with a much-needed spot of goalmouth action.
- It had received just one serious but unfruitful expression of interest.
- A desperate scramble to find sponsors proved unfruitful so the organiser has reluctantly pulled the plug.
- Joe managed to keep himself from making another unfruitful plead.
- Since my feeble attempt at fiction is so unfruitful and unliked, I guess I shall not continue the story to bore you guys.
- In the past, time has been wasted on unfruitful bickering at the expense of development.
- Not just the memorization, but the literary culture at the heart of the exercise, was, they claimed, sterile and unfruitful, and promoted a culture of servility harmful to the free creative play of the mind.
- Walsh, after a somewhat unfruitful first half at full forward, used his strength and pace in midfield to carry the ball into the Laois half, relieving pressure when Laois looked like getting on top.
- What appealed to me about the approach was that it purportedly negated a number of things that I had been finding problematic and unfruitful anyway.
- His first return to Elland Road in two years was a bitter and unfruitful affair.
Synonyms unproductive, unprofitable, unremunerative, arid, barren 2Not producing fruit or crops; unfertile. single trees are often unfruitful, and mixed planting is desirable Example sentencesExamples - It was an ugly, unfruitful thing, in comparison to the delicate, well-kept gardens of other Mayfair houses.
Derivatives adverbʌnˈfruːtfʊliʌnˈfruːtf(ə)liˌənˈfrutfəli Several attempts were unfruitfully made between the two World Wars to restore it. Example sentencesExamples - Gloomy years of working in offices followed; all the time he was struggling, unfruitfully, to write.
- The pace is uneven, building slowly in the first half as evidence is amassed unfruitfully, the two-voice structure allowing us to see what Lucy and Carmichael respectively miss.
- In the long run, folding your hand early rather than spending time unfruitfully is good advice.
- Rossetti's ‘vain virtues’ are the virtues of the rain, falling unfruitfully.
nounʌnˈfruːtfʊlnəsˌənˈfrutfəlnəs Without vision, we're susceptible to trivial distractions which result in disunity, dilution of the truth, unfruitfulness and spiritual aimlessness. Example sentencesExamples - How can any sense of unfruitfulness be used to reorient the dialogue?
- For if ever any people in the world were guilty of barrenness and unfruitfulness under the means of grace, we of this nation are.
- In the parable of the sower, we see another result of worry - unfruitfulness.
- Unfortunately, improvement of the crop is hindered by a characteristic type of unfruitfulness among certain trees.
Definition of unfruitful in US English: unfruitfuladjectiveˌənˈfrutfəlˌənˈfro͞otfəl 1Not producing good or helpful results; unproductive. the meeting was unfruitful Example sentencesExamples - Joe managed to keep himself from making another unfruitful plead.
- Walsh, after a somewhat unfruitful first half at full forward, used his strength and pace in midfield to carry the ball into the Laois half, relieving pressure when Laois looked like getting on top.
- This has led to some unfruitful lines of inquiry, but as the investigation is ongoing it is not possible to comment further on specific cases.
- In the past, time has been wasted on unfruitful bickering at the expense of development.
- But tomorrow would prove to be just as unfruitful.
- A desperate scramble to find sponsors proved unfruitful so the organiser has reluctantly pulled the plug.
- A minute earlier, Duffield had wowed the crowd with an acrobatic but unfruitful overhead kick, as City ended a dull 20-minute spell with a much-needed spot of goalmouth action.
- It's been about cutting away unfruitful frustration and anger.
- Her time at the Manhattan School of Music was similarly unfruitful, and she quit.
- However, another controversial incident leading to a successful short corner strike for Stockton ten minutes from time gave the visitors the last word, with York's late pressure proving unfruitful.
- Advisable though it may be to seek help from any qualified health practitioner, time restrictions and a lack of understanding on the part of GPs means that a trip to the local doctor is generally unfruitful.
- Here, a heading had been driven into the hill side in an unfruitful attempt to extract lead.
- What appealed to me about the approach was that it purportedly negated a number of things that I had been finding problematic and unfruitful anyway.
- So far, efforts to combat corruption have been unfruitful due to the lack of political will, loopholes in existing laws and regulations and corrupt judicial officers.
- His first return to Elland Road in two years was a bitter and unfruitful affair.
- It had received just one serious but unfruitful expression of interest.
- The stretch of District Line between Southfields and East Putney station has had long-standing problems with graffiti, but previous approaches to London Underground have proved unfruitful.
- Since my feeble attempt at fiction is so unfruitful and unliked, I guess I shall not continue the story to bore you guys.
- This is all supposition, as no one knows what Novak told the investigators, but it is supposition that manages to tie together the mysteries of Fitzgerald's long and seemingly unfruitful investigation.
- Not just the memorization, but the literary culture at the heart of the exercise, was, they claimed, sterile and unfruitful, and promoted a culture of servility harmful to the free creative play of the mind.
Synonyms unproductive, unprofitable, unremunerative, arid, barren 2Not producing fruit or crops; unfertile. Example sentencesExamples - It was an ugly, unfruitful thing, in comparison to the delicate, well-kept gardens of other Mayfair houses.
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