resultless

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Well," said his wife, still cheerfully, "my fishing seems to be resultless yet.

From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Carr, Annie Roe

War strategy is vivid, stimulating and resultful; preparation strategy is dull, plodding, and—for the strategist himself—apparently resultless.

From The Navy as a Fighting Machine by Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen)

The man is pleased, displeased and afraid, suspicious or careless, according as he sees things to be helpful, harmful, doubtful, or resultless.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

Sir Hugh Palliser, the third in command and one of the lords of the admiralty, was blamed for the resultless issue of the engagement.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

It occurred to me that possibly the pomegranate seeds might have germinated, and the plants become established and acclimatised, but search proved resultless.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)