adj
Meaning 1
Not bearing fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Despite going on for two hours, her search was unfruitful.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Not bearing fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: fruitful
History
From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.