adjective. Producing no fruit.

adjective. Not leading to success; unproductive: synonym: futile.

Not bearing fruit; destitute of fruit or offspring: as, a fruitless plant; a fruitless marriage.

Productive of or attended by no advantage or good result; ineffective; useless; idle: as, a fruitless attempt; a, fruitless controversy.

Synonyms Barren, unprofitable, profitless Ineffectual, Unavailing, etc. (see useless); vain, idle, abortive, bootless, futile.

adjective. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring

adjective. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable

adjective. Useless; unproductive.

adjective. Bearing no fruit; barren.

adjective. unproductive of success

"The extent of the division became further apparent as a German member of the ECB, Jürgen Stark, bluntly urged governments from the bloc of euro-using nations to halt what he called the "fruitless" discussion over a private-sector role in a new Greek bailout."

unproductive  

rootless  

abortive  arduous  ceaseless  desperate  endless  

abortive  abortive  acarpous  arid  barren