slovo | definícia |
fruitless (encz) | fruitless,bezvýsledný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fruitless (encz) | fruitless,marný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fruitless (encz) | fruitless,neplodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Fruitless (gcide) | Fruitless \Fruit"less\, a.
1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of
offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless
marriage. --Shak.
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2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle;
useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a
fruitless controversy.
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They in mutual accusation spent
The fruitless hours. --Milton.
Syn: Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual;
vain; idle; profitless. See Useless. --
Fruit"less*ly, adv. -- Fruit"lness*ness, n.
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fruitless (wn) | fruitless
adj 1: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile
years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a
vain attempt" [syn: bootless, fruitless, futile,
sleeveless, vain] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
fruitlessly (encz) | fruitlessly,bezvýsledně adv: Zdeněk Brožfruitlessly,neplodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
fruitlessness (encz) | fruitlessness,bezvýslednost n: Zdeněk Brožfruitlessness,zbytečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fruitless (gcide) | Fruitless \Fruit"less\, a.
1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of
offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless
marriage. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle;
useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a
fruitless controversy.
[1913 Webster]
They in mutual accusation spent
The fruitless hours. --Milton.
Syn: Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual;
vain; idle; profitless. See Useless. --
Fruit"less*ly, adv. -- Fruit"lness*ness, n.
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Fruitlessly (gcide) | Fruitless \Fruit"less\, a.
1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of
offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless
marriage. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle;
useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a
fruitless controversy.
[1913 Webster]
They in mutual accusation spent
The fruitless hours. --Milton.
Syn: Useless; barren; unprofitable; abortive; ineffectual;
vain; idle; profitless. See Useless. --
Fruit"less*ly, adv. -- Fruit"lness*ness, n.
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fruitlessly (wn) | fruitlessly
adv 1: in an unproductive manner [syn: unproductively,
fruitlessly, unprofitably] [ant: fruitfully,
productively, profitably] |
fruitlessness (wn) | fruitlessness
n 1: a lack of creative imagination
2: the quality of yielding nothing of value [syn:
fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness] [ant: fecundity,
fruitfulness] |
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