unfruitful
Without any harvest
Unfruitful means failing to produce results, offspring, or literal fruit.
An unfruitful tree bears nothing; an unfruitful search yields no discoveries.
The word often carries a sense of wasted effort or disappointed hopes: Years of unfruitful negotiations left both sides exhausted.
Less common than its synonym fruitless.
Producing no useful outcome
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- uselessWithout practical value
unavailing · unproductive · unsuccessful · ineffectual · worthless · hopeless · bootless · abortive
Unable to produce offspring
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- aridDevoid of water
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
bleak · parched · depleted · exhausted · lifeless · bare · dry · fallow
Not currently functioning
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
- dormantInactive but capable
unengaged · unused · untapped · unexploited · latent · undeveloped · neglected · unworked
fruitless
Producing no useful outcome
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
useless · unavailing · unproductive · unsuccessful · ineffectual · worthless · hopeless · bootless · abortive · unrewarding
infertile
Unable to produce offspring
unproductive · bleak · parched · depleted · exhausted · lifeless · bare · dry · fallow · impoverished
inactive
Not currently functioning
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
dormant · unengaged · unused · untapped · unexploited · latent · undeveloped · neglected · unworked
unfruitfulfruitful
Producing abundant results
productive · fertile · yielding · prolific · profitable