resultless

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John Randolph and Henry Clay fought a resultless duel.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

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

Frederick calculated at more than eight hundred thousand men the losses caused to the belligerents by this obstinate and resultless struggle, the fruit of wicked ambition or culpable weaknesses on the part of governments.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert

And had the court made no progress during these seemingly resultless sittings?

From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 by Twain, Mark

Here also he became dissatisfied with the Aristotelian philosophy as being unfruitful and leading only to resultless disputation.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)