fruitless

fruitless is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage.
2. adjective. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy.
3. adjective. unproductive of success

   "a fruitless search"

   "futile years after her artistic peak"

   Synonyms: bootless, futile, sleeveless, vain

Synonyms

bootless, futile, sleeveless, vain

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fruitless:

resistful

Common word forms

fruitlessly, fruitlessness

Words from these letters

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