unfruitful

Adjective

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Adjective (1)

  1. not fruitful; not conducive to abundant productionOpposite fruitfulSimilar abortive, childless, acarpousSee also sterile, unfertile
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Un·fruit′ful adjective

Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. — Un·fruit′wb-a1′>′ful·ly, adverb — Un·fruit′wb-a1′>′ful·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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