fruitless

tulokseton, hyödytön, hedelmätön Useless; unproductive.

The unskilled mans 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.