resultless
Example Sentences
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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 Leon Ray Livingston
The follies that seemed so amusing and resultless in their time had ripened to this bitter effect, and he knew that he, and not she, was mainly culpable.
From A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells
And had the court made no progress during these seemingly resultless sittings?
From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 by Mark Twain
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 T. C. DeLeon
The inquiry was soon over and proved as resultless as that made alone by Lieutenant Greg Holmes in the middle of the night.
From Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
