fruitless

Example Sentences

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After two fruitless visits to the station, the couple went to the Prince of Wales Hospital on Friday only to learn that no public hospital had admitted the elderly woman.

From Barron's

But it is ultimately “a ridiculous and fruitless game.”

From MarketWatch

But it is ultimately “a ridiculous and fruitless game.”

From MarketWatch

The premise of these is that the war was misguided and fruitless, a product of post-9/11 irrationalism and naiveté about the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal

But, if protesting is just fruitless exhibitionism, as Teddy claims, and radical acts of direct action don’t seem to work any better, what is there to do if no one will listen?

From Salon