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Unfruitful vs Bootless - What's the difference?

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Unfruitful is a related term of bootless.


As adjectives the difference between unfruitful and bootless

is that unfruitful is of or pertaining to not bearing fruit (usually figuratively) while bootless is without boots or bootless can be profitless; pointless; unavailing.

unfruitful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to not bearing fruit (usually figuratively).
    • Despite spending two hours looking, her search was unfruitful .

    Antonyms

    * fruitful

    bootless

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • without boots

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • profitless; pointless; unavailing
  • * 1592–1609 , , Sonnet XXIX
    • When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, / I all alone beweep my outcast state / And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
    Synonyms
    * fruitless
    Derived terms
    * bootlessly * bootlessness