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unfruitful

 
Dictionary: un·fruit·ful   (ŭn-frūt'fəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
  2. Not productive of a good or useful result.
unfruitfully un·fruit'ful·ly adv.
unfruitfulness un·fruit'ful·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Unable to produce offspring: barren, childless, impotent, infertile, sterile. See rich/poor.
  2. Lacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops: barren, infertile, sterile, unproductive. See rich/poor.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
  Antonym: fruitful (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ufrugtbar

Nederlands (Dutch)
onvruchtbaar, nutteloos

Français (French)
adj. - infructueux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unfruchtbar, fruchtlos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άγονος, άκαρπος, ατελέσφορος

Italiano (Italian)
infruttuoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - infrutífero, inútil

Русский (Russian)
бесплодный, напрасный, бесполезный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - infructuoso, poco fructífero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ofruktbar, fruktlös

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
无效果的, 空的, 徒然的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無效果的, 空的, 徒然的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 헛된, 보람 없는, 불모의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - むだな, 効果のない, 実を結ばない, 不毛の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مثمر, عقيم ( جهد), مجدب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא נושא פרי, לא מניב דבר, לא רווחי‬


 
 
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