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fruitless

English

Etymology

From fruit +? -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?u?tl?s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?utl?s/
  • Hyphenation: fruit?less

Adjective

fruitless (comparative more fruitless, superlative most fruitless)

  1. Bearing no fruit; barren.
  2. (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
  3. (figuratively, archaic) Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
  4. (rare) Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.

Alternative forms

  • fruitlesse (obsolete)

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:futile

Antonyms

  • fruitful
  • (unproductive): effective, efficacious, productive, useful

Derived terms

  • fruitlessly
  • fruitlessness

Translations

Anagrams

  • resistful

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disappointing

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??nt??

Adjective

disappointing (comparative more disappointing, superlative most disappointing)

  1. Causing disappointment.

Derived terms

  • disappointingly
  • disappointingness

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:disheartening

Translations

Verb

disappointing

  1. present participle of disappoint

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