fruitlessness


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fruit·less

 (fro͞ot′lĭs)
adj.
1. Producing no fruit: a withered, fruitless lemon tree.
2. Not leading to success; unproductive: a fruitless search. See Synonyms at futile.
fruit′less·ly adv.
fruit′less·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fruitlessness - a lack of creative imagination
uncreativeness - a lack of creativity
2.fruitlessness - the quality of yielding nothing of valuefruitlessness - the quality of yielding nothing of value
aridity, barrenness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
poorness - less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland"
unproductiveness - the quality of lacking the power to produce
fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
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fruitlessness

noun
The condition or quality of being useless or ineffective:
bootlessness, futility, unavailingness, unprofitableness, uselessness, vainness, vanity.
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On the following morning they rose early, made another hearty meal, then loading themselves with buffalo meat, set out on their return to the camp, to report the fruitlessness of their mission.
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