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fruitless

/ˈfruːtləs/adjective

उच्चारण फ़्रूट्लस

निष्फल, व्यर्थ

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adjective
  1. 1

    producing no useful results

    निष्फल, व्यर्थ

    • a fruitless search
    • After a fruitless search of the whole house, they called the police.
    • All our efforts to reach him were fruitless.
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    • It was a fruitless argument, as neither side would listen.
    • After months of fruitless searching, she found the document in her own cupboard.

    Synonyms futile useless vain unsuccessful unproductive

    Opposite fruitful productive successful worthwhile

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fruit·less

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Keep the useless words together: fruitless, futile (having no purpose because it cannot succeed), vain ('in vain', without success), unavailing (formal, not successful), abortive (failing to produce the intended result: 'an abortive attempt').

व्यर्थ के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: fruitless, futile (सफल न हो सकने से निरर्थक), vain ('in vain', बिना सफलता), unavailing (औपचारिक, असफल), abortive (इच्छित परिणाम न देने वाला: 'an abortive attempt')।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Fruitless efforts, fruitless talks, a fruitless search.

Collocations: fruitless efforts (बेकार कोशिशें), fruitless talks (बेनतीजा बातचीत), a fruitless search (निष्फल खोज)। Fruitless का मतलब है जिसका कोई नतीजा न निकले।