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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not fruitful; unproductive; unprofitable.

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  • adjective not fruitful

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Examples

  • But the 1988 Act, without territorial demarcation, deems to be infructuous as of today.

    Savitri Era Party demands independence of Auroville from the hands of Government of India Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • But the 1988 Act, without territorial demarcation, deems to be infructuous as of today.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • But the 1988 Act, without territorial demarcation, deems to be infructuous as of today.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • But the 1988 Act, without territorial demarcation, deems to be infructuous as of today.

    Savitri Era Party demands free elections, accountability, and transparency in Auroville Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • What with pre-nuptial excesses, with early unions, often infructuous, with a virtual system of community, and with universal drunkenness, it is not to be wondered at if the maritime tribes of Africa degenerate and die out.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • I share with my colleague from Pakistan his regret at the absence of the representative of the Union of South Africa, because we still believe, even after 11 years of what may appear to be infructuous debate, that the time will come when South

    STATEMENT IN THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1957

  • Often do we have him whirling his rotundity like a Mussulman dervish inflated by the spirit to agitate the shanks, until pangs of a commercial crisis awaken him to perceive an infructuous past and an unsown future, without one bit of tracery on its black breast other than that which his apprehensions project.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Often do we have him whirling his rotundity like a Mussulman dervish inflated by the spirit to agitate the shanks, until pangs of a commercial crisis awaken him to perceive an infructuous past and an unsown future, without one bit of tracery on its black breast other than that which his apprehensions project.

    Celt and Saxon — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Often do we have him whirling his rotundity like a Mussulman dervish inflated by the spirit to agitate the shanks, until pangs of a commercial crisis awaken him to perceive an infructuous past and an unsown future, without one bit of tracery on its black breast other than that which his apprehensions project.

    Celt and Saxon — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

  • What with pre-nuptial excesses, with early unions, often infructuous, with a virtual system of community, and with universal drunkenness, it is not to be wondered at if the maritime tribes of Africa degenerate and die out.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

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