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.