prove fruitless

Frequency: 7.818.5 per million words

Used when an action or effort is shown to be useless over time.

fruitlessVERBS + fruitless

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Examples (10)

  • After months of talks, the negotiations ultimately proved fruitless.
  • Their early attempts proved fruitless, so they changed strategy.
  • The search may prove fruitless if the weather worsens.
  • Her tireless efforts have proved fruitless so far.
  • What seemed promising at first proved fruitless in the end.
  • Without reliable data, the exercise will prove fruitless.
  • The entire endeavour proved utterly fruitless.
  • Despite concessions, the talks proved largely fruitless.
  • The overnight search proved apparently fruitless until a new lead emerged.
  • In hindsight, the intervention proved completely fruitless.