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unfruitful

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

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

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: fruitful

History

Etymology

From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неплодороден (neplodoroden) — Not bearing fruit
  • Esperanto: malfruktodona — Not bearing fruit
  • Estonian: viljatu — Not bearing fruit
  • Estonian: tulutu — Not bearing fruit
  • French: infructueux — Not bearing fruit
  • German: unfruchtbar — Not bearing fruit
  • German: fruchtlos — Not bearing fruit
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (akranalaus) — Not bearing fruit
  • Greek: άκαρπος (ákarpos) — Not bearing fruit
  • Ido: nefruktifanta — Not bearing fruit
  • Italian: infruttifero — Not bearing fruit
  • Italian: inutile — Not bearing fruit
  • Italian: esito negativo — Not bearing fruit
  • Latin: infructuōsus — Not bearing fruit
  • Manx: neuvessoil — Not bearing fruit
  • Māori: tūpā — Not bearing fruit
  • Māori: tīpā — Not bearing fruit
  • Māori: huakore — Not bearing fruit
  • Māori: huhuakore — Not bearing fruit
  • Māori: kikokore — Not bearing fruit
  • Polish: bezowocny — Not bearing fruit
  • Portuguese: infrutífero — Not bearing fruit
  • Romanian: infructuos — Not bearing fruit
  • Romanian: neroditor — Not bearing fruit
  • Romanian: nerodnic — Not bearing fruit
  • Romanian: sterp — Not bearing fruit
  • Romanian: steril — Not bearing fruit
  • Russian: беспло́дный (besplódnyj) — Not bearing fruit
  • Spanish: infructuoso — Not bearing fruit