FRUITLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fruitlessness mean? 

• FRUITLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun FRUITLESSNESS has 2 senses:

1. a lack of creative imagination

2. the quality of yielding nothing of value

  Familiarity information: FRUITLESSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRUITLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of yielding nothing of value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

aridity; barrenness; fruitlessness

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)