resultless

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It was not altogether resultless that Carew's foot had been obstinately slow in its healing.

From On the Firing Line by Fuller, Hamilton Brock

When afternoon approached, wearied by the resultless job-hunt and discouraged by his continued misfortune, he sank upon a bench in a city park to take a rest.

From The Trail of the Tramp by Livingston, Leon Ray

Then it will appear that the work of the servant, resultless as it seemed to be up to the exile, has yet not been in vain.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

The compliment was exchanged, by a decisive southern success at Germania Ford; but the resultless fighting dispirited and demoralized the people, while it only harassed and weakened the army.

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.

One does not know, but if one is not a fool one does know that his every resultless petition proves him by the inexorable laws of logic to be the one or the other.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)