fruitless

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

va

infructuós

illusori

fútil

inútil

vanitós

malmès

ineficaç

nascut mort

avortiva

abortiva

abortiu

incapaç

avortiu

inepte

efimer

fugaç

Oposat a

fruitful, effective, efficacious, productive, useful

Sinònims

vain

useless

futile

unsuccessful

sterile

abortive

ineffectual

barren

unavailing

unprofitable

bootless

unfruitful

unproductive

sleeveless

infertile

ineffective

pointless

wasted

inefficacious

acarpous

idle

empty

gratis

be of no avail

abortional

misborn

arid

conceited

defeated

deficient

disastrous

discomfited

empty-handed

failed

frivolous

inefficient

insufficient

miscarrying

needless

of no avail

otiose

stamen

stillborn

superfluous

unfertile

worthless

be unsuccessful

be useless

Traduccions

infructuoso

infructueux

vano

άκαρπος

vain

infruttuoso

fruchtlos

inútil

vruchteloos

estéril

inútil

nutteloos

vergeblich

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈfɹuːtləs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: fruytles

In summary

Inherited from Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit + -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).