Let's stop this fruitless discussion.
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Fruitless
//ˈfɹuːtləs//
Synonyms for "fruitless" (123 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (61)
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Antonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
116 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- κενός adj (unproductive; useless)
- ἄκαρπος adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- ἄκαρπος adj (unproductive; useless)
- ἅλιος adj (unproductive; useless)
Arabic
1 entries- عَقِيم adj (unproductive; useless)
Armenian
4 entries- ամուլ adj (unproductive; useless)
- զուր adj (unproductive; useless)
- չբեր adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- ստերջ adj (unproductive; useless)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- barsız adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- barsız adj (unproductive; useless)
- barsız adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
- faydasız adj (unproductive; useless)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безплоден adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- безплоден adj (unproductive; useless)
- безполезен adj (unproductive; useless)
- ялов adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
Catalan
1 entries- infructuós adj (unproductive; useless)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 枉然 adj (unproductive; useless)
Dutch
4 entries- onvruchtbaar adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- onvruchtbaar adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
- vergeefs adj (unproductive; useless)
- vruchteloos adj (unproductive; useless)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- арам adj (unproductive; useless)
Esperanto
4 entries- malfekunda adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
- senfrukta adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- senfrukta adj (unproductive; useless)
- senfrukta adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
Estonian
3 entries- viljatu adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- viljatu adj (unproductive; useless)
- viljatu adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
Finnish
3 entries- hedelmätön adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- hyödytön adj (unproductive; useless)
- turha adj (unproductive; useless)
French
2 entries- abortif adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- vain adj (unproductive; useless)
Georgian
1 entries- უნაყოფო adj (unproductive; useless)
German
4 entries- ergebnislos adj (unproductive; useless)
- erntelos adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- fruchtlos adj (unproductive; useless)
- resultatlos adj (unproductive; useless)
Greek
4 entries- άκαρπος adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- άκαρπος adj (unproductive; useless)
- άκαρπος adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
- ακάρπιστος adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
Hindi
4 entries- असफल adj (unproductive; useless)
- निष्फल adj (unproductive; useless)
- फलहीन adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- विफल adj (unproductive; useless)
Hungarian
2 entries- meddő adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
- terméketlen adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
Italian
3 entries- casso adj (unproductive; useless)
- infruttuoso adj (unproductive; useless)
- sterile adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
Japanese
1 entries- 不毛 adj (unproductive; useless)
Kazakh
1 entries- жеміссіз adj (unproductive; useless)
Khmer
1 entries- អារ adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
Korean
1 entries- 헛되다 adj (unproductive; useless)
Latin
1 entries- cassus adj (unproductive; useless)
Lithuanian
2 entries- bergždžias adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- tùščias adj (unproductive; useless)
Macedonian
1 entries- бесплоден adj (unproductive; useless)
Middle English
2 entries- fruytles adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- fruytles adj (unproductive; useless)
Māori
2 entries- karore adj (unproductive; useless)
- paraurehe adj (unproductive; useless)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- verdilaus adj (unproductive; useless)
- verdiløs adj (unproductive; useless)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- verdilaus adj (unproductive; useless)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كارسز adj (unproductive; useless)
Persian
1 entries- بیثمر adj (unproductive; useless)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- fruchtlooss adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- fruchtlooss adj (unproductive; useless)
Polish
3 entries- bezowocny adj (unproductive; useless)
- bezpłodny adj (unproductive; useless)
- próżny adj (unproductive; useless)
Portuguese
1 entries- infrutífero adj (unproductive; useless)
Romanian
3 entries- nefructuos adj (unproductive; useless)
- neproductiv adj (unproductive; useless)
- zadarnic adj (unproductive; useless)
Russian
4 entries- беспло́дный adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- беспло́дный adj (unproductive; useless)
- бесполе́зный adj (unproductive; useless)
- тще́тный adj (unproductive; useless)
Sanskrit
3 entries- मोघ adj (unproductive; useless)
- वन्ध्य adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
- विफल adj (unproductive; useless)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mì-tharbhach adj (unproductive; useless)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bèsplodan adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- bèsplodan adj (unproductive; useless)
- бѐсплодан adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- бѐсплодан adj (unproductive; useless)
Spanish
2 entries- estéril adj (unproductive; useless)
- infructuoso adj (unproductive; useless)
Swedish
3 entries- fruktlös adj (bearing no fruit; barren)
- fruktlös adj (unproductive; useless)
- ofruktsam adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
Telugu
2 entries- నిష్ఫలము adj (unproductive; useless)
- విఫలము adj (unproductive; useless)
Thai
2 entries- หมัน adj (unproductive; useless)
- หมัน adj (unable to have children — see also infertile)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
It's fruitless to press him further.
Source: tatoeba (54879)
Let's stop this fruitless argument.
Source: tatoeba (270889)
That is enough. I have had it with fruitless conversation.
Source: tatoeba (329444)
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