adjective
- producing no useful result; unsuccessful or ineffective
- not producing fruit
Usage: literal sense
Examples
- After hours of fruitless searching, they gave up looking for the lost keys.
- The negotiations proved fruitless, with neither side willing to compromise.
- His fruitless attempts to fix the computer only made things worse.
- The detective’s fruitless investigation yielded no new leads.
- The apple tree remained fruitless despite careful tending.
- All their fruitless efforts to save the company ended in bankruptcy.