Fruitless vs Counterproductive - What's the difference?
fruitless | counterproductive |
Useless; unproductive.
Bearing no fruit; barren.
(rare) Without fruit.
* 1923 , The Homestead (issues 386-410, page 33)
* 1966 , Joseph Irving Goodman, Diet and live (page 14)
As adjectives the difference between fruitless and counterproductive
is that fruitless is useless; unproductive while counterproductive is more of a hindrance than a help.fruitless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The unskilled man's attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless .
- The fruitless woman desperately wanted to have children.
- The first fruits of the season were eagerly sought after, and everybody was thankful that once more dread winter with its unvarying monotony of fruitless meals was a thing of the past.
- the many individual claims as to the ideal diet , for instance, the high-carbohydrate diet, the milkless diet, the breadless diet, the meatless diet, the fruit diet or the fruitless diet, the high-protein or the low-protein diet, and innumerable variations.