utterly fruitless

Frequency: 7.718.9 per million words

A strong emphasis on the total lack of success.

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Examples (10)

  • Despite hours of tracking, the search proved utterly fruitless.
  • Their late-night negotiations were utterly fruitless.
  • His repeated attempts have been utterly fruitless so far.
  • The committee’s effort to reach consensus seemed utterly fruitless.
  • After canvassing the neighborhood, our search remained utterly fruitless.
  • She made one last endeavour, but it turned out utterly fruitless.
  • The exercise of revising the policy proved utterly fruitless in practice.
  • I sent dozens of emails; every effort was utterly fruitless.
  • In hindsight, their legal attempt was utterly fruitless and costly.
  • Without new evidence, further negotiations will be utterly fruitless.