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unfruitful

/ˈʌnˌfrutfəl/
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Other forms: unfruitfully

Definitions of unfruitful
  1. adjective
    not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
    synonyms:
    infertile, sterile, unfertile
    incapable of reproducing
    abortive, stillborn
    failing to accomplish an intended result
    acarpous
    producing no fruit
    childless
    without offspring
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    antonyms:
    fruitful
    productive or conducive to producing in abundance
    fertile
    capable of reproducing
    baccate, bacciferous, berried
    producing or bearing berries
    blue-fruited
    bearing blue fruit
    bountiful, plentiful
    producing in abundance
    breeding
    producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
    dark-fruited
    bearing dark fruit
    fat, fertile, productive, rich
    marked by great fruitfulness
    generative, procreative, reproductive
    producing new life or offspring
    high-yield
    yielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial production
    oval-fruited
    bearing oval fruit
    fertile, prolific
    bearing in abundance especially offspring
    red-fruited
    bearing red fruit
    round-fruited
    bearing round fruit
    small-fruited
    bearing small fruit
    productive
    producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
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