fruitless
Example Sentences
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Fruitless negotiations with Italy’s government over a possible rescue deal for state-owned Monte dei Paschi stopped Orcel from making a move for Banco BPM last year.
From Reuters • Mar. 2, 2022
The working title of the book, for me, was "Fruitless."
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021
Fruitless olive trees provide screening between “rooms” and help to define an open space where the couple and their friends play the popular beanbag toss game Cornhole.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2018
‘The Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe, 1944-1945’ Fruitless combat in places like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan can evoke a certain wistfulness for World War II.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2013
In moments, he disappeared from view into the shadow of Fruitless Mountain, and if it wasn’t for the goldfish Minli had in her hands, all would have thought he was a dream.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
Vocabulary lists containing fruitless
Power Suffix: -less
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