resultless

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Sir Hugh Palliser, the third in command and one of the lords of the admiralty, was blamed for the resultless issue of the engagement.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

The compliment was exchanged, by a decisive southern success at Germania Ford; but the resultless fighting dispirited and demoralized the people, while it only harassed and weakened the army.

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.

The heroic attempts of Kalt, Dörnberg, Schill, and Lützow fell resultless on the indifference of the people.

From The Nameless Castle by Jókai, Mór

Our plans for intercepting the good man were well laid and successful, but turned out resultless.

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Then it will appear that the work of the servant, resultless as it seemed to be up to the exile, has yet not been in vain.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius