Meanings
adjectiveunfruitful (comparative more unfruitful, superlative most unfruitful)
comparative more unfruitful · superlative most unfruitful
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectivenot fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishunfruytful
- Englishunfruitful
From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неплодороден
- неплодороден (neplodoroden)Not bearing fruit
Esperanto malfruktodona
- malfruktodonaNot bearing fruit
Estonian viljatu, tulutu
- viljatuNot bearing fruit
- tulutuNot bearing fruit
French infructueux
- infructueuxNot bearing fruit
German unfruchtbar, fruchtlos
- unfruchtbarNot bearing fruit
- fruchtlosNot bearing fruit
Greek άκαρπος
- άκαρπος (ákarpos)Not bearing fruit
Italian infruttifero, inutile
- infruttiferoNot bearing fruit
- inutileNot bearing fruit
- esito negativoNot bearing fruit
Latin infructuōsus
- infructuōsusNot bearing fruit
Māori tūpā, tīpā
- tūpāNot bearing fruit
- tīpāNot bearing fruit
- huakoreNot bearing fruit
- huhuakoreNot bearing fruit
- kikokoreNot bearing fruit
Polish bezowocny
- bezowocnyNot bearing fruit
Portuguese infrutífero
- infrutíferoNot bearing fruit
Romanian infructuos, neroditor
- infructuosNot bearing fruit
- neroditorNot bearing fruit
- nerodnicNot bearing fruit
- sterpNot bearing fruit
- sterilNot bearing fruit
Russian беспло́дный
- беспло́дный (besplódnyj)Not bearing fruit
Spanish infructuoso
- infructuosoNot bearing fruit
Cite this entry
APA
unfruitful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfruitful
MLA
“unfruitful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfruitful. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfruitful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfruitful.
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