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fruitless

 adjective
     
fruit‧less
failing to achieve what was wanted, especially after a lot of effort [≠ fruitful]
fruitless attempt/exercise
a fruitless attempt to settle the dispute
So far, their search has been fruitless.
—fruitlessly adverb
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