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I was eighteen when I first read Joseph Heller's stunning work 'Catch-22,' and was at that time close to being drafted for the fruitless and unenlightened war in Viet Nam.
Thomas Steinbeck

Meaning of "fruitless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRUITLESS

fruitless  [ˈfruːtlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRUITLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fruitless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FRUITLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fruitless (gene)

The fruitless gene is a Drosophila melanogaster gene that encodes several variants of a putative transcription factor protein. Normal fruitless function is required for proper development of several anatomical structures necessary for courtship, including motor neurons which innervate muscles needed for fly sexual behaviors. The gene does not have an obvious mammallian homolog, but appears to function in sex determination in species as distant as the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. fruitless serves as an example of how a gene or groups of genes may regulate the development and/or function of neurons involved in innate behavior. Research on fruitless has received attention in the popular press, since it provokes discussion on genetics of human sexual orientation, and behaviors such as gender-specific aggression.

Definition of fruitless in the English dictionary

The definition of fruitless in the dictionary is yielding nothing or nothing of value; unproductive; ineffectual. Other definition of fruitless is without fruit.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRUITLESS


artless
ˈɑːtlɪs
beatless
ˈbiːtlɪs
bootless
ˈbuːtlɪs
chartless
ˈtʃɑːtlɪs
conceitless
kənˈsiːtlɪs
desertless
dɪˈzɜːtlɪs
heartless
ˈhɑːtlɪs
heatless
ˈhiːtlɪs
meatily
ˈmiːtlɪs
meatiness
ˈmiːtlɪs
meatless
ˈmiːtlɪs
portless
ˈpɔːtlɪs
reputeless
rɪˈpjuːtlɪs
rootless
ˈruːtlɪs
seatless
ˈsiːtlɪs
sportless
ˈspɔːtlɪs
supportless
səˈpɔːtlɪs
thoughtless
ˈθɔːtlɪs
wartless
ˈwɔːtlɪs
wheatless
ˈwiːtlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRUITLESS

fruiter
fruiterer
fruiteress
fruitery
fruitful
fruitfully
fruitfulness
fruitier
fruitiest
fruitily
fruitiness
fruiting body
fruition
fruitive
fruitlessly
fruitlessness
fruitlet
fruitlike
fruitwood
fruity

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRUITLESS

bottomless
contactless
costless
countless
creditless
crustless
dauntless
doubtless
effortless
faultless
limitless
pointless
relentless
restless
shirtless
shitless
spotless
tactless
textless
ventless
weightless

Synonyms and antonyms of fruitless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FRUITLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fruitless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fruitless

Translation of «fruitless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRUITLESS

Find out the translation of fruitless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fruitless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fruitless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无结果的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infructuoso
570 millions of speakers

English

fruitless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरर्थक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مثمرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесплодными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inútil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্ফল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berguna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fruchtlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

実りのない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소득이 없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana barang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không có trái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலனற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्फळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonuçsuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezowocne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безплідними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zadarnic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άκαρπες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrugtelose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fruktlös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nytteløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fruitless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRUITLESS»

The term «fruitless» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRUITLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fruitless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fruitless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fruitless

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7 QUOTES WITH «FRUITLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fruitless.
1
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
2
Conrad Black
The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.
3
John Dewey
Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.
4
LZ Granderson
Instead of this fruitless debate about having it all, men and women should focus on what make us happy. Instead of comparing our lives with people we don't know who are making sacrifices we don't see, we should try to find the right balance between home and work life.
5
Jack Lynch
Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
6
Jean Monnet
To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless.
7
Thomas Steinbeck
I was eighteen when I first read Joseph Heller's stunning work 'Catch-22,' and was at that time close to being drafted for the fruitless and unenlightened war in Viet Nam.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRUITLESS»

Discover the use of fruitless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fruitless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming ...
The fruitless fall nearly became a reality when, in 2007, beekeepers watched thirty billion bees mysteriously die. And they continue to disappear.
Rowan Jacobsen, 2010
2
Fruitless Trees: Portuguese Conservation and Brazil's ...
Fruitless Trees aims to make sense of what at first glance appears to be the senseless destruction of Brazil's incomparable timber as a result of Portuguese colonial policies.
Shawn William Miller, 2000
3
The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless ...
What causes psychiatric disorders to appear?
Jay Joseph, 2006
4
Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour
fruitless. gene. and. courtship. In the early 1960s, a gene that affects courtship and its consummation was identified in Drosophila. It is called 'fruitless', named because one allele causes males to court both sexes indiscriminately but ...
Peter Simmons, David Young, 2010
5
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune.
Grace Lin, 2009
6
The Barren Fig-tree: The Doom and Downfall of the Fruitless ...
John Bunyans The Barren Fig Tree; or The Doom and Downfall of the Fruitless Professor (1688) is an exposition of Luke 13:6-9, concerning a barren fig-tree and a man.
John Bunyan, 2008
7
Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture
Males that are homozygous for this chromosomal inversion (fru/fru) both aggressively court other males and elicit vigorous courtship from wild-type ( strains established from flies captured in the wild) and other fruitless-bearing males. A simple ...
Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton, 1995
8
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857
Yes, and it ought to cause them anxious thought, too, if they are bringing forth no fruit and giving no “diligence to make their calling and election sure.” Fruitless professors are to be found, on the other hand, among the confident men, who say , ...
C. H. Spurgeon
9
Sermons of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon...
neglects family prayer. We will not say any thing about private devotion ; no doubt he neglects that too : he is a fruitless one. Ah ! but there may be another, who stands up and prays such an eloquent prayer for a quarter of an hour, perhaps, ...
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1857
10
Life as It Is: Biology for the Public Sphere
The sexual orientation of fruit flies has been found to be modified by mutations in the gene called fruitless. This gene is expressed in only about five hundred cells of the brain and makes an effective protein only in males (Kimura et al. 2005).
William F. Loomis, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRUITLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fruitless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
North Footscray can taste WRFL finals after four fruitless years
The Devils can taste Western Region Football League finals after a long and fruitless four-year stint in both Division 1 and 2. Since the club's ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
2
German Finance Minister Draws Protest From Socialist Lawmaker
European finance ministers resumed negotiations on Sunday after a day of fruitless talks on Saturday. The finance ministers indicated that a decision on whether ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Five men rescued after days adrift in South Pacific in small boat
After several days of fruitless searching, the boat was spotted by the crew of an HC-130 Hercules from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, ... «CNN, Jul 15»
4
Abbott government extends renewable energy investment ban to …
“The government is effectively blood-letting the CEFC since its attempts to abolish it have been fruitless,” the shadow environment minister, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Early "Froggin" opportunities in TVA lakes
... and unexpected strikes, sometimes after hundreds of fruitless strikes, are among the more exciting moments available to freshwater anglers. «AL.com, Jul 15»
6
Liberty's motto: 'I'm gonna beat you'
... in on an interview and delivers an exaggerated sigh into the microphone after the siren song of a nearby ice cream truck proves fruitless. «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
7
Was That Piazza at the Plate? No, It Was a Pitcher
It was as if Harvey had simply grown tired of the fruitless wait to see whether his teammates would provide any offense. To that point, more than ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Manor still considering introducing new car in 2015
Given the pace difference between Manor and the midfield, pouring time and resources into a new car may seem to be a fruitless exercise for ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
9
State police reject request to examine Stump's cell phone records
Efforts to get the data directly from Verizon have proven fruitless. Company officials said they routinely dump any data after three to five days. «Verde Independent, Jul 15»
10
Meyer: What about the guns?
In what is likely going to be a fruitless effort, Democrats are pushing a bill in the U.S. House t0 require ammunition dealers to verify the identity ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

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