unfruitful
pronunciation
How to pronounce unfruitful in British English:
UK ['ʌn'fru:tfəl]
How to pronounce unfruitful in American English:
US [ʌn'frutfəl]
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- Adjective:
- not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
Word Origin
- unfruitful (adj.)
- late 14c., "barren," from un- (1) "not" + fruitful. Originally literal; figurative sense is attested from c. 1400. Related: Unfruitfully; unfruitfulness.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Brilliant concepts and ideas sometimes prove to be unfruitful .
- 2. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness , but rather reprove .
- 3. And let those also who are ours learn to maintain respectable works for their necessary needs , that they may not be unfruitful .
- 4. Kjv and let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses , that they be not unfruitful .
- 5. For if I pray in a tongue , my spirit prays , but my mind is unfruitful .