Definitions for fruitless
ˈfrut lɪsfruit·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vainadjective

   unproductive of success

   "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. fruitlessadjective

   Bearing no fruit; barren.

   The unskilled man's attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.

2. fruitlessadjective

   Useless; unproductive.

   The unskilled man's attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fruitlessadjective

   Etymology: from fruit.

   1. Barren of fruit; not bearing fruit.

   The Spaniards of Mexico, for the first forty years, could not make our kind of wheat bear seed; but it grew up as high as the trees, and was fruitless. Walter Raleigh, History.

   2. Vain; productive of no advantage; idle; unprofitable.

   O! let me not, quoth he, return again
   Back to the world, whose joys so fruitless are;
   But let me here for ay in peace remain,
   Or straightway on that last long voyage fare. Fairy Queen.

   Serpent! we might have spar’d our coming hither;
   Fruitless to me, though fruit be here t’ excess. John Milton, P. L.

   3. Without offspring.

   Upon my head they plac’d a fruitless crown,
   And put a barren scepter in my gripe;
   No son of mine succeeding. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

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1. fruitless

   The fruitless gene (fru) 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 mammalian 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 a group 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fruitlessadjective

   lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage

2. Fruitlessadjective

   productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy

Anagrams for fruitless »

1. resistful

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fruitless in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fruitless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fruitless in a Sentence

1. Eric Schneiderman:

   Donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes.

2. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

   We've got to break the business model of the criminal smugglers and stop the desperate flow of people crammed into makeshift vessels from embarking on a fruitless and perilous journey.

3. Eric Schneiderman:

   In 2013, my office sued Donald Trump for swindling thousands of innocent Americans out of millions of dollars through a scheme known at Trump University, donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes.

4. Samuel Johnson:

   The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove.

5. Matthew Henry:

   Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice.

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