different between fruitless vs ineffectual
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)
- Bearing no fruit; barren.
- (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
- (figuratively, archaic) Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
- (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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ineffectual
English
Alternative forms
- ineffectuall (obsolete)
Etymology
in- +? effectual
Adjective
ineffectual (comparative more ineffectual, superlative most ineffectual)
- Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
- Synonyms: futile; see also Thesaurus:futile
- 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter II. "Stage-coach Views", page 16.
- This coach was an exceedingly narrow one, but as there was a slight spherical excess over two on a seat, the driver waited till nine passengers had got in, without taking the measure of any of them, and then shut the door after two or three ineffectual slams, as if the fault were all in the hinges or the latch,—while we timed our inspirations and expirations so as to assist him.
- Worthless.
- Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
Antonyms
- effectual
Related terms
- ineffectualness
- ineffectuality
- ineffectually
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