unfruitful
41un|fruit´ful|ly — un|fruit|ful «uhn FROOT fuhl», adjective. 1. not fruitful; producing no offspring; barren: »an unfruitful marriage. 2. Figurative. producing nothing worthwhile; not productive; unremunerative: »an unfruitful line of inquiry. SYNONYM(S):… …
42un|fruit|ful — «uhn FROOT fuhl», adjective. 1. not fruitful; producing no offspring; barren: »an unfruitful marriage. 2. Figurative. producing nothing worthwhile; not productive; unremunerative: »an unfruitful line of inquiry. SYNONYM(S): unproductive.… …
43Acarpous — A*car pous, a. [Gr. ?; a priv. + ? fruit.] (Bot.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful. [1913 Webster] || …
44Addle — Ad dle, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
45Emptier — Empty Emp ty (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl. {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta, [ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.] 1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything… …
46Emptiest — Empty Emp ty (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl. {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta, [ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.] 1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything… …
47Empty — Emp ty (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl. {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta, [ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.] 1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within;… …
48Infecund — In*fec und, a. [L. infecundus: cf. F. inf[ e]cond. See {In } not, and {Fecund}.] Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.] Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …
49Infructuose — In*fruc tu*ose , a. [L. infructuosus. See {In } not, and {Fruit}.] Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable. [R.] T. Adams. [1913 Webster] …
50sterilize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1695 to make sterile: as a. to cause (land) to become unfruitful b. (1) to deprive of the power of reproducing < surgically sterilize cats and dogs > (2) to make incapable of germination c. to make powerless… …
