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  • 71sterility — n 1. purity, harmlessness, uninfectiousness, asepticism, cleanliness. 2. childlessness, barrenness, infertility, unprolificness, infecundity, Med. agenesis, impotence, effeteness. 3. unproductiveness, unyieldingness, unfruitfulness,… …

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  • 72stupidity — n 1. dull wittedness, Inf. dumbness, unintelligence, fatuity, insensateness, betise; imbecility, Inf. moronism, Inf. moronity, retardation, subnor mality; empty headedness, brainlessness, mindlessness; dullness, Inf. dopiness, witlessness,… …

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  • 73vanity — n 1. egotism, conceit, conceitedness, self conceit, overweening pride, self pride, self love, narcissism, self admiration, self worship, Inf. me ism, self approbation, self glorification, self importance, swelled headedness, vainglory,… …

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  • 74fruitless — UK [ˈfruːtləs] / US [ˈfrutləs] adjective producing no good results, especially despite a lot of work All their efforts to find her proved fruitless. Derived words: fruitlessly adverb fruitlessness noun uncountable …

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  • 75fruitless — /ˈfrutləs / (say froohtluhs) adjective 1. useless; unproductive; vain; without results. 2. without fruit; barren. –fruitlessly, adverb –fruitlessness, noun …

  • 76futility — [n] uselessness emptiness, frivolousness, fruitlessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness, unprofitableness, worthlessness; concept 560 …

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  • 77fruitless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive. 2) not producing fruit. DERIVATIVES fruitlessly adverb fruitlessness noun …

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  • 78fruitlessly — fruitless ► ADJECTIVE 1) failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive. 2) not producing fruit. DERIVATIVES fruitlessly adverb fruitlessness noun …

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  • 79bare — bare1 [ber] adj. barer, barest [ME bar < OE bær < IE * bhoso s < ? base * bhes , to rub off > SAND] 1. a) without the natural or customary covering [bare wooden floors] b) without clothing; naked [bare legs] …

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  • 80fruitless — [fro͞ot′lis] adj. [ME fruitles] 1. without results; unprofitable; unsuccessful; vain 2. bearing no fruit; sterile; barren SYN. FUTILE fruitlessly adv. fruitlessness n …

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