FRUITLESSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of yielding nothing of value

Synonyms:

aridity; barrenness; fruitlessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fruitlessness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fruitlessness"):

poorness (less than adequate)

unproductiveness (the quality of lacking the power to produce)

Antonym:

fruitfulness (the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth)

Derivation:

fruitless (unproductive of success)

Meaning:

A lack of creative imagination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fruitlessness" is a kind of...):

uncreativeness (a lack of creativity)