Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfruitful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
un-fruit-ful
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not bearing fruit.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unfruitful (comparative) most unfruitful (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfruitfully unfruitfulness

Antonyms

fruitful

Questions

What does unfruitful mean?
Not bearing fruit.
Where does unfruitful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce unfruitful

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