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Barren: incapable of giving a fig, presumably
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unfruitful
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Word definitions for unfruitful in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "barren," from un- (1) "not" + fruitful . Originally literal; figurative sense is attested from c.1400. Related: Unfruitfully ; unfruitfulness .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to not ''bearing fruit'' (usually figuratively).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unfruitful \Un*fruit"ful\, a. Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly , adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness , n.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production [ant: fruitful ]
Usage examples of unfruitful.
He had, after all, managed a university educationnot the easiest thing to achieve in the Congoand his simplistic take on his subject implied an unfruitful and outmoded agenda that was, in its historical context, sad.
He was an added weariness upon her unripening nights, her unfruitful slumbers.
However, the type of tedious, automatonlike, internal observation that was used in the introspectionist school was so boring and unfruitful that even James dissociated himself from such experimental research.
After a concientious and unfruitful search in both placares and all the drawers of the dormitory, Julie yielded to the temptation and kimono Japanese of red silk was put, gilded thread embroidering, that found in placard full of woman clothes.
We must trust in him, that he will not cut down any tree in his garden until it actually cumbers the ground, altogether unfruitful, and taking up room which might be better used.
But I would not care to be so unfruitful to my own part as to swear for the moment positively as to the views of Denmark.