1
as in unsuccessful
producing no results
this argument is totally fruitless, as neither of us will change our position
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as in barren
not able to produce fruit or offspring
a stand of blighted, fruitless trees
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Recent Examples of fruitless
Since 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara.
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Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Too often, these virtual worlds are padded out simply to make the experience longer, inundated with enemy camps to take down and fruitless fetch quests that all feel copy-and-paste.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
That said, those incursions into Florida territory proved fruitless, which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.
—Nick Ashbourne, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
What Went Wrong Similar to the types of mistakes that a human might make, the LLMs often employed logic errors, used false or unproven assumptions, at times aimlessly pursued a fruitless direction, and made basic algebraic and arithmetic miscalculations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Too often, these virtual worlds are padded out simply to make the experience longer, inundated with enemy camps to take down and fruitless fetch quests that all feel copy-and-paste.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
That said, those incursions into Florida territory proved fruitless, which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.
—Nick Ashbourne, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
What Went Wrong Similar to the types of mistakes that a human might make, the LLMs often employed logic errors, used false or unproven assumptions, at times aimlessly pursued a fruitless direction, and made basic algebraic and arithmetic miscalculations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitless
Adjective
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But the Supreme Court denied the court order and requests to President Donald Trump from family, supporters and her attorney were unsuccessful.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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In 1945, an attempt was made to identify the unknown remains, but the effort was unsuccessful, the DPAA said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So, why would an elite striker commit to two potentially barren years?—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The project’s fertilizer by-product will support farmers and transform barren land into fertile farmland, according to Prasad.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Impeachment of judges, however, is widely seen as a futile endeavor on Capitol Hill.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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The confrontation ends in an electric if futile horse chase.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Avoid sterile, clinical environments that can be intimidating.—
Ajay Prasad,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Pitt is set in Pittsburgh, not Chicago, and the season unfolds in real time, with overlapping crises ratcheting up tension as the cast careens around the sterile white set.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For most of us, our inbox goals are the same: minimize useless spam, file away messages that don’t require your attention right away, and bring urgent items to the forefront.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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His devastating splitter would be useless without first establishing everything else in the strike zone.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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After a brief and unfruitful stint as a scout for the major league Milwaukee Brewers in the early 1970s, Uecker moved to the radio booth.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some new grads have expressed frustration with lengthy and unfruitful job searches and questioned whether their work earning a degree was worth it.—
Jamie Merisotis,
Forbes,
30 Oct. 2024
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“Fruitless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitless. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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