resultless

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They will find it giving a deaf ear to these unworthy complaints of temporary trouble or present loss, and turning gladly from all this incoherent and resultless clamor to the new world opening around us.

From Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses by Reid, Whitelaw

The spirit of intrigue with women, as to which men will flatter themselves, is customarily so vile, so mean, so vapid a reflection of a feeling, so aimless, resultless, and utterly unworthy!

From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony

The follies that seemed so amusing and resultless in their time had ripened to this bitter effect, and he knew that he, and not she, was mainly culpable.

From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean

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

From The Nameless Castle by Jókai, Mór

The attempted combination of Platonism and Judaism by Philo was equally resultless.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris