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Definition of fruitlessly adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fruitlessly

adverb
 
/ˈfruːtləsli/
 
/ˈfruːtləsli/
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  1. in a way that produces no useful results synonym unproductively
    • I searched fruitlessly for about 45 minutes.
    opposite fruitfully
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFruitlessly is used with these verbs:
    • search
    • try
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