OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 12497

fruitless

/ˈfɹuːtləs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estéril • infructuoso
Unproductive, useless.
The unskilled man’s attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.
We wish to speak temperately of what assumes a Russian dress and name, under the auspices of the Emperor Alexander; but we rejoice that the overbearing doctrines of his Minister fa…