unfruitful[adjective]Synonyms: sterile, barren, effete, impotent, infecund, infertile
Antonyms: fruitful, prolific
Contrasted words: fecund, fertile
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
unfruitful adjective.
[ʌn'fru:tfʊl, -f(ǝ)l] LME.[from UN-1 + FRUITFUL.]1. Not bearing offspring, barren;
fig. unprofitable, unrewarding.
LME.2. (Of a tree) not bearing fruit; (of soil, a season, etc.) unfertile, unproductive.
LME. ■ unfruitfully adverb LME. ■ unfruitfulness noun M16. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲