"unfruitful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unfruitful [comparative], most unfruitful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unfruytful}} Middle English unfruytful, {{prefix|en|un|fruitful}} un- + fruitful Head templates: {{en-adj}} unfruitful (comparative more unfruitful, superlative most unfruitful)
  1. (chiefly figurative) Not bearing fruit. Tags: figuratively Translations (Not bearing fruit): неплодороден (neplodoroden) (Bulgarian), malfruktodona (Esperanto), viljatu (Estonian), tulutu (Estonian), infructueux (French), unfruchtbar (German), fruchtlos (German), 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (akranalaus) (Gothic), άκαρπος (ákarpos) (Greek), nefruktifanta (Ido), infruttifero (Italian), inutile (Italian), esito negativo (Italian), infructuōsus (Latin), neuvessoil (Manx), tūpā (Maori), tīpā (Maori), huakore (Maori), huhuakore (Maori), kikokore (note: used figuratively) (Maori), bezowocny (Polish), infrutífero (Portuguese), infructuos (Romanian), neroditor (Romanian), nerodnic (Romanian), sterp (Romanian), steril (Romanian), беспло́дный (besplódnyj) (Russian), infructuoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unfruitful-en-adj-toTlPTEq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
          "word": "tūpā"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
          "word": "беспло́дный"
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          "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "unfruchtbar"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "fruchtlos"
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      "lang": "Gothic",
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      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "nefruktifanta"
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      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "inutile"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "esito negativo"
    },
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "infructuōsus"
    },
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "neuvessoil"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "tūpā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "tīpā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "huakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "huhuakore"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "used figuratively",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "kikokore"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "bezowocny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "infrutífero"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "infructuos"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "neroditor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "nerodnic"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "sterp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besplódnyj",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "беспло́дный"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Not bearing fruit",
      "word": "infructuoso"
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  "word": "unfruitful"
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