fruitlessness


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Synonyms for fruitlessness

the condition or quality of being useless or ineffective

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Synonyms for fruitlessness

a lack of creative imagination

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the quality of yielding nothing of value

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That effectively ends a player-club relationship that even by the itinerant standards of the professional game has been notable for its fruitlessness.
Incremental European integration over a period of six decades has turned former enemies into fast friends and allies, whereas intra-European conflicts in the past had only caused turmoil in the societies, polities and economies of Europe.34 Realizing the fruitlessness of conflict and war, the French and German states after the end of the Second World War had come together to form the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 and inducted four other European states in this integrative venture.
When the narrator eventually points out that Quintin "is nothing but a black Cuban," Anderson notes the corresponding "relative worthlessness of blacks in Cuban society and the fruitlessness of their involvement with the nation's major political parties" (p.
This experience proves the fruitlessness of forging another coalition government.
The fruitlessness of trying to legislate away slave labor in lands thousands of miles away, not to mention the unintended yet painful consequences of such endeavors, is enough to drive one as mad as Kurtz in Conrad's novel.
A pointed criticism of Saudi Arabia's ongoing denial of women's rights to drive, Abdallah's work meditated on the fruitlessness of her drawing attention to the rigid law, as her efforts to paint the car are followed by her quiet retreat into the car's damaged passenger seat.
"When the fruitlessness and expense of such legal action became apparent, A Native corporation leaders held a series of meetings on how to carry out the Section 7 (i) requirements."
The game cannot be won in a traditional sense; rather, it demonstrates the fruitlessness of using violence in a war against terrorism.
It symbolises the impotence and fruitlessness of his kingdom which is now reduced to a dry bone.
It is disturbing, yet believable, that in the secular-democratic state of India the religious identification of a Union Minister of External Affairs is scrutinized in light of his approach towards a neighboring Muslim country, once part of the subcontinent and now perceived by many as a "promoter of cross-border terrorism." Khurshid, while talking to reporters in November, admitted that there might be imponderables surrounding relations with Pakistan but "there are positive signals too, including a realization of the fruitlessness of extremist ideologies that gives hope."
In July 1976 New Zealand's Bangkok embassy was advised of the 'likely fruitlessness' of accepting North Korean calls.
In view of this and the fruitlessness of the adversarial approach to promotion and opposition that the media so enjoy and tend to encourage, may I suggest that Corlan Hafren should take a leaf from the Vatican's book and appoint one or more devil's advocates?
Summary: DIFFERENT political parties and revolutionary coalitions did well when they agreed not to take part in the 'one-million man' protest planned for today out of their belief of its fruitlessness and also to work on cooling the climate of the street in preparation for the presidential election.
A Vatican press release issued at the end of that meeting noted: "There was talk about the 'current fruitlessness of evangelization, ' including because of the presence of certain influences from modern culture that make the transmission of the faith particularly difficult."