Associations to the word «Fruitless»

Wiktionary

FRUITLESS, adjective. Useless; unproductive.
FRUITLESS, adjective. Bearing no fruit; barren.
FRUITLESS, adjective. (rare) Without fruit.

Dictionary definition

FRUITLESS, adjective. Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope