unfruitful

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unfruitful

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

adjective more unfruitful · most unfruitful

  1. figuratively Not bearing fruit. Despite going on for two hours, her search was unfruitful.

Opposite: fruitful

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adjective

Opposite: fruitful

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adj Not bearing fruit

Españolinfructuoso
Portuguêsinfrutífero
Françaisinfructueux
Deutschunfruchtbar, fruchtlos
Italianoinfruttifero, inutile, esito negativo
Ελληνικάάκαρπος ákarpos
Românăinfructuos, neroditor, nerodnic, sterp, steril
Русскийбеспло́дный besplódnyj

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@misc{unfruitful_2026,
  title = {unfruitful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfruitful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}