How to Use unfruitful in a Sentence

unfruitful

adjective

• The unfruitful effort was the second one in as many days.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2021
• In the Last Chance Qualifier the following day, the team finished its first run fifth out of the five cars not yet in the race, and a last-minute attempt proved unfruitful.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2021
• Past attempts to deliver a new take on the series were unfruitful.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
• Rookie first-round pick Alex Leatherwood's stint at right tackle was unfruitful and short-lived.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
• Leicester City have again sent scouts to Portugal in an attempt to bring in more talent from the Primeira Liga, but this time suffered an unfruitful trip.
  — SI.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Even if the #FightForX1 proves unfruitful and fans aren't able to see the 11 come together again, there's a larger statement being said here that fans aren't sitting idly anymore.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2020
• As this issue has played out, the union and the county have been locked in unfruitful contract negotiations.
  — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2017
• The investigation has been unfruitful, and law clerks may now be forced to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits.
  — Fortune, 1 June 2022
• The first time proved unfruitful but on the second the elk were browsing past a row of vegetation; Evenson was able to stalk to a position within shooting distance and wait.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2022
• But divorce through the courts is nonetheless often prolonged and unfruitful for many women.
  — NBC News, 27 Mar. 2021
• But that money is largely spent now, and talks to allocate more have been unfruitful: Democrats refuse to lower their stimulus ask of $2.2 trillion, and the White House won't come up from its offer of $1.3 trillion.
  — Fortune, 30 Sep. 2020
• And as Lungarini stressed much of 2020, everything in the pandemic is fluid, and projecting a month into the future can often be an unfruitful game.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Back in 1980, Ashby and Fowler became patients of Mortimer after unfruitful attempts to conceive.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2018
• Moons are common in our solar system, which has more than 200 natural satellites, but the long search for interstellar moons has largely been unfruitful.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022
• Facing the prospect of a fourth loss in five days, a beleaguered lineup dusted itself off after six unfruitful innings against Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery and put on an audacious fireworks show.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 23 May 2017
• But some clues are available that may help predict what happens when results are tallied Tuesday – though prognostications on the 2016 election proved wildly unfruitful.
  — cleveland, 1 Nov. 2020
• The 55-year-old Abramovich was present at several rounds of early and unfruitful peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian as a mediator.
  — Derek Saul, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• Indeed, one of the greatest challenges in the field of psychiatry has been that research into the genetics of psychiatry has been — until very recently — largely unfruitful.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
• Trustee Ann McKaig said village officials have been reaching out to restaurant owners about opening a restaurant in one of Shorewood's vacant storefronts, but those conversations have so far proved unfruitful.
  — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2018
• Perhaps, then, G7 public debt is diverting unfruitful efforts to provide for the future into providing for the elderly instead.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• But this has been Donald Jr.'s defense all along: that since no Clinton dirt ever materialized in that conference room, his efforts to collude proved unfruitful, and there can be nothing untoward about his conduct.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 16 May 2018
• Without trust, the Cold War secretary of state believed, diplomatic relations would be unfruitful, doubts among allies would hinder forging a strong common front, and tension-reducing accord would remain hard to come by.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022
• While the search for the shipwreck proved unfruitful, the dive encountered interesting biological phenomenon including at least 11 sharks circling and feeding on the carcass of an 8-foot-long swordfish.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 8 July 2019
• Lately, Ngo has also been seeing more interest from investors as ordinary home buyers grapple with fatigue from unfruitful searches.
  — Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
• Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders’ top advisers has been largely unfruitful in the early going of the Biden presidency.
  — Aamer Madhani and Joe McDonald, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2021
• President Xi Jinping last week amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders’ top advisers has been largely unfruitful.
  — Aamer Madhani and Jonathan Lemire, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2021
• After three days of unfruitful attempts, the team trying to capture the animal has reached out to biologists and other experts who recommended a machine used underwater to mimic the sound of a baby alligator.
  — Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
• What railroad workers want: Rail workers moved toward a strike over unmet demands for better pay and working conditions after almost three years of unfruitful contract negotiations.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
• The announcement follows weeks of unfruitful negotiations with California regulators who are using their waiver as leverage in an effort to fight changes.
  — Chester Dawson, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
• The dispute escalated after almost three years of contract negotiations proved unfruitful, and railroad workers moved towards a strike over unmet demands for higher pay and better working conditions.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024