unfruitfulness

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That great father of the Church, Origen, says: "It is demons which produce famine, unfruitfulness, corruption of the air, and pestilence."

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman

This is unfruitfulness to muse upon; Tongue-barren women we so seldom see!

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Sometimes the rootstock will force to the top too much growth, which is likely to bring about unfruitfulness.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association

She laid bare the shallowness of their thoughts, the selfishness of their purposes, and the spiritual unfruitfulness of their teachings.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

A day was set apart “to humble themselves before God, for all their unfruitfulness under the means of grace enjoyed in the old meeting-house, and to bless the building of another one.”

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various