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Recent Examples of unfruitful In order to save yourself a frustrating, unfruitful trip to the DMV, double check all of your necessary documentation before going to the office. Reece Rogers, WIRED, 3 July 2024 Saturn won’t waste your time with unfruitful adventures. Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024 But the meeting proved unfruitful, with the Syrians not providing any proof-of-life information and making demands that U.S. officials deemed unreasonable. CBS News, 18 May 2024 Inside Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson's Emotional Graduation amid Sister's Cancer Journey, Fears for Her Future The trip turned out to be unfruitful when Dralin was instructed to call the courthouse and the duo arrived back home to see an annoyed Alana waiting for them in the driveway. Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unfruitful
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Adjective
  • Ultimately, the music industry should be a playground of endless discovery rather than a sterile filter bubble.
    Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The rooms sprawl before her in a series of sterile hallways that seem to never end.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This is where the montage sequences get really aggressive, assaulting the viewer with imagery of barren alien landscapes and skulls with the flesh melting off of their faces.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Even along the relatively mild coasts, where summer temperatures hover just below freezing, the land is a barren expanse of rock, ice and snow.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, all your hard work could end up being fruitless if the project doesn't meet the standards of a worthwhile return-of-investment renovation.
    Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Their fruitless journeys to Anfield span 31 years and 28 top-flight visits, with their only Premier League victory coming in April 1994 under Kevin Keegan.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Unfruitful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfruitful. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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