fruitless

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit +‎ -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹuːtləs/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɹutləs/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʉːtləs/ Hyphenation: fruit‧less === Adjective === fruitless (comparative more fruitless, superlative most fruitless) Bearing no fruit; barren. Antonym: fruitful (figuratively) Unproductive, useless. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:futile Antonyms: fruitful, effective, efficacious, productive, useful (figuratively, archaic) Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile. (rare) Of a diet, etc.: without fruit. ==== Alternative forms ==== fruitlesse (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === resistful