largely fruitless
Frequency: 6.511.0 per million words
Indicates that something was mostly unsuccessful.
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Examples (10)
- Despite months of talks, the negotiations proved largely fruitless.
- Our attempt to revive the project was largely fruitless.
- The team’s search through the archives turned out largely fruitless.
- His efforts have been largely fruitless so far.
- It may seem largely fruitless, but we should document the process.
- After a week in the field, the exercise was judged largely fruitless.
- The emergency measures were largely fruitless during the outage.
- I wrote dozens of emails, which were largely fruitless in securing support.
- Early outreach proved largely fruitless, though a few leads emerged.
- In hindsight, the legal challenge was largely fruitless and costly.