Fruitless

Adjective

 * 1) Useless; unproductive.
 * The unskilled man's attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.
 * 1) Bearing no fruit; barren.
 * The fruitless woman desperately wanted to have children.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:futile

Thesaurus
abortive, acarpous, arid, barren, bootless, celibate, childless, counterproductive, desert, desolate, drained, dried-up, dry, effete, empty, etiolated, exhausted, failed, failing, fallow, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, foiled, frustrated, futile, gainless, gaunt, gelded, idle, impotent, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, infecund, infertile, inoperative, invalid, issueless, jejune, lame, leached, manque, menopausal, miscarried, miscarrying, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific, nonremunerative, nugacious, nugatory, of no effect, of no force, otiose, pointless, profitless, rewardless, sine prole, sterile, stickit, stillborn, successless, sucked dry, teemless, thwarted, unavailable, unavailing, uncultivated, unfertile, unfortunate, unfruitful, unplowed, unproductive, unprofitable, unprolific, unremunerative, unrewarding, unsown, unsuccessful, untilled, useless, vain, virgin, waste, wasted, without issue, worthless

Etymology
fruit + -less

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French: vain


 * German:
 * Polish: bezowocny


 * Finnish: