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fruitlessly

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fruit·less  (frtls)
adj.
1. Producing no fruit.
2. Unproductive of success: a fruitless search. See Synonyms at futile.
fruitless·ly adv.
fruitless·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.fruitlesslyfruitlessly - in an unproductive manner            
unproductively, unprofitably
fruitfully, productively, profitably - in a productive way; "they worked together productively for two years"
Translations
fruitlessly [ˈfruːtlɪslɪ] ADV → infructuosamente, sin resultado


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I'm beginning to be weary of fruitlessly championing the truth, and sometimes I'm quite unhinged by it.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She remained fruitlessly blowing and blowing, wondering how she could have so grown out of the art which had come by nature, till she became aware of a movement among the ivy-boughs which cloaked the garden-wall no less then the cottage.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
But many thought, and I thought so too, that it was special favour and mercy which Heaven showed to Spain in permitting the destruction of that source and hiding place of mischief, that devourer, sponge, and moth of countless money, fruitlessly wasted there to no other purpose save preserving the memory of its capture by the invincible Charles V; as if to make that eternal, as it is and will be, these stones were needed to support it.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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