Exact Match:
- abortive
- failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
Synonyms:
- barren,
- bootless,
- failed,
- failing,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gainless,
- immature,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nonremunerative,
- of no effect,
- otiose,
- profitless,
- rewardless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unformed,
- unfortunate,
- unmatured,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unripe,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- vain
Related Words:
- manque
collapse - unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition related words >
- unsuccessful
collapse
- not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome related words >
- unrewarding
collapse
- not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction related words >
- failed
collapse
- unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture" related words >
- abortive,
- bankrupt,
- bootless,
- broke,
- broken,
- busted,
- destitute,
- failing,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- in receivership,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- insolvent,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- of no effect,
- on the rocks,
- ruined,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless
- unavailable
collapse
- not available or accessible or at hand; "fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency"; "his secretary said he was unavailable for comment" related words >
- abortive,
- beyond reach,
- bootless,
- closed forever to,
- closed to,
- fruitless,
- impenetrable,
- impervious,
- inaccessible,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- lost to,
- out of reach,
- un-come-at-able,
- unaccessible,
- unapproachable,
- unattainable,
- unavailing,
- undiscoverable,
- ungettable,
- unobtainable,
- unprocurable,
- unproductive,
- unreachable,
- unsecurable,
- useless,
- vain
- unprofitable
collapse
- producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable" related words >
- abortive,
- barren,
- bootless,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- disadvantageous,
- disserviceable,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gainless,
- harmful,
- ineffective,
- inefficient,
- injurious,
- losing,
- nonremunerative,
- otiose,
- pointless,
- prejudicial,
- profitless,
- purposeless,
- rewardless,
- sterile,
- unadvantageous,
- unavailing,
- unfavorable,
- unfruitful,
- unproductive,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- useless,
- worthless
- abortive,
- aimless,
- barren,
- bootless,
- counterproductive,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- meaningless,
- no go,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- pointless,
- purposeless,
- sterile,
- superfluous,
- unavailable,
- unproductive,
- useless,
- vain
- abortive,
- bootless,
- crumbling,
- decrepit,
- disintegrating,
- failed,
- failing,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- infirm,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- of no effect,
- poor,
- poorish,
- rotten,
- rotten at,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unfirm,
- unfortunate,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsubstantial,
- unsuccessful,
- useless
- misfire
collapse
- an explosion that fails to occur
- fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" related words >
- abort,
- abortion,
- abortive attempt,
- blow up,
- come a cropper,
- come to nothing,
- dud,
- explode,
- fail,
- fail miserably,
- failure,
- fall through,
- fizz out,
- fizzle,
- fizzle out,
- flop,
- get nowhere,
- go amiss,
- go astray,
- go phut,
- go wrong,
- hang up,
- merry chase,
- miscarriage,
- miscarry,
- miscarrying,
- miss,
- miss out,
- miss stays,
- miss the boat,
- miss the mark,
- poop out,
- vain attempt,
- wet squib,
- wild-goose chase
- bootless
collapse
- unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" related words >
- abortive,
- barren,
- counterproductive,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- fruitless,
- frustrating,
- futile,
- gainless,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- lame,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nonremunerative,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- pointless,
- profitless,
- purposeless,
- rewardless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unfortunate,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- vain,
- wasteful,
- worthless
- miscarriage
collapse
- failure of a plan related words >
- abortion,
- abortive attempt,
- breakdown,
- clerical error,
- collapse,
- corrigendum,
- defeat,
- dud,
- erratum,
- error,
- failing,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- frustration,
- human error,
- merry chase,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarrying,
- misconception,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misfire,
- misidentification,
- misjudgment,
- mismanagement,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- vain attempt,
- wet squib,
- wild-goose chase
- unproductive
collapse
- not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"
- not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries" related words >
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- arid,
- barren,
- bootless,
- celibate,
- childless,
- desert,
- desolate,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- exhausted,
- fallow,
- fruitless,
- gainless,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- impotent,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- leached,
- menopausal,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- nonremunerative,
- otiose,
- profitless,
- rewardless,
- sine prole,
- sterile,
- sucked dry,
- teemless,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- uncultivated,
- unfertile,
- unfruitful,
- unplowed,
- unprofitable,
- unprolific,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unsown,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vain,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- without issue
- useless
collapse
- having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency" related words >
- abortive,
- aimless,
- barren,
- bootless,
- counterproductive,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- disadvantageous,
- disserviceable,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- fruitless,
- fustian,
- futile,
- good-for-nothing,
- harmful,
- hopeless,
- idle,
- impotent,
- impracticable,
- impractical,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incompetent,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- injurious,
- inoperative,
- inutile,
- invalid,
- lame,
- manque,
- meaningless,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- no go,
- nonfunctional,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- pointless,
- prejudicial,
- purposeless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- superfluous,
- unadvantageous,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unfavorable,
- unfortunate,
- unpractical,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unpurposed,
- unrewarding,
- unserviceable,
- unsuccessful,
- unusable,
- unworkable,
- vain,
- worthless
- otiose
collapse
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words" related words >
- abortive,
- airy,
- asinine,
- at leisure,
- at liberty,
- at loose ends,
- available,
- barren,
- bootless,
- catchpenny,
- disengaged,
- empty,
- fallow,
- fatuous,
- flimsy,
- foolish,
- free,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- functionless,
- futile,
- gainless,
- idle,
- in disrepair,
- inane,
- inapplicable,
- inoperable,
- inoperative,
- jobless,
- leisure,
- leisured,
- light,
- lumpen,
- nonfunctional,
- nonremunerative,
- nonutilitarian,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- off,
- off duty,
- off work,
- out of employ,
- out of harness,
- out of order,
- out of whack,
- out of work,
- profitless,
- rewardless,
- shallow,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- sterile,
- superficial,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unconducive,
- unemployable,
- unemployed,
- unfit,
- unhelpful,
- unoccupied,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unsuitable,
- unusable,
- unworkable,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- vapid,
- windy
- ineffective
collapse
- lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"
- not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"
- lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" related words >
- abortive,
- aimless,
- barren,
- bootless,
- counterproductive,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featherweight,
- feckless,
- forceless,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- ill-qualified,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incapable,
- incapable of,
- incompetent,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inferior,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- invertebrate,
- lame,
- lightweight,
- maladjusted,
- manque,
- meaningless,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- no go,
- no-account,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no account,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- pointless,
- powerless,
- purposeless,
- spineless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- superfluous,
- unable,
- unable to,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unauthoritative,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unendowed,
- unequipped,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfortunate,
- ungifted,
- unproductive,
- unqualified,
- unsuccessful,
- untalented,
- useless,
- vain,
- weak,
- without any weight,
- worthless
- dud
collapse
- failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine" related words >
- abortion,
- abortive attempt,
- also-ran,
- aspirant,
- baby kisser,
- bankrupt,
- blank cartridge,
- bogy,
- bomb,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- bust,
- candidate,
- castrato,
- cipher,
- cry of wolf,
- dark horse,
- defeated candidate,
- dummy,
- eunuch,
- failure,
- false alarm,
- favorite son,
- flop,
- gelding,
- hollow man,
- hopeful,
- impotent,
- incompetent,
- invalid,
- jackstraw,
- lame duck,
- lay figure,
- lemon,
- loser,
- man of straw,
- merry chase,
- miscarriage,
- miscarrying,
- misfire,
- nebbish,
- nobody,
- nonentity,
- nothing,
- nullity,
- office seeker,
- political hopeful,
- presidential timber,
- puppet,
- pushover,
- running mate,
- stalking-horse,
- thing of naught,
- trifle,
- vain attempt,
- washout,
- weakling,
- wet squib,
- wild-goose chase,
- zero
- stillborn
collapse
- (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby" related words >
- abortive,
- asleep,
- asleep in Jesus,
- at rest,
- bearing,
- bereft of life,
- bootless,
- born,
- breathless,
- called home,
- calved,
- carrion,
- cast,
- croaked,
- dead,
- dead and gone,
- death-struck,
- deceased,
- defunct,
- demised,
- departed,
- departed this life,
- destitute of life,
- done for,
- dropped,
- exanimate,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallen,
- finished,
- foaled,
- food for worms,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- given birth,
- giving birth,
- gone,
- gone to glory,
- gone west,
- hatched,
- inanimate,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- lame,
- late,
- late lamented,
- launched into eternity,
- lifeless,
- manque,
- martyred,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nee,
- newborn,
- no more,
- of no effect,
- passed on,
- pushing up daisies,
- released,
- reposing,
- resting easy,
- sainted,
- sleeping,
- smitten with death,
- stickit,
- still,
- successless,
- taken away,
- taken off,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- whelped,
- with the Lord,
- with the saints,
- without life,
- without vital functions
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- arid,
- barren,
- bootless,
- celibate,
- childless,
- counterproductive,
- desert,
- desolate,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallow,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- foiled,
- frustrated,
- futile,
- gainless,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- idle,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- lame,
- leached,
- manque,
- menopausal,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- nonremunerative,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- pointless,
- profitless,
- rewardless,
- sine prole,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- sucked dry,
- teemless,
- thwarted,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- uncultivated,
- unfertile,
- unfortunate,
- unfruitful,
- unplowed,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unprolific,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unsown,
- unsuccessful,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vain,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- without issue,
- worthless
- flash in the pan
collapse
- someone who enjoys transient success but then fails related words >
- abortion,
- abortive attempt,
- also-ran,
- bankrupt,
- best seller,
- big hit,
- blank cartridge,
- bogy,
- brilliant success,
- bubble,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- castrato,
- cipher,
- cry of wolf,
- dud,
- dummy,
- ephemera,
- ephemeral,
- ephemerid,
- ephemerides,
- ephemeris,
- eunuch,
- fad,
- failure,
- false alarm,
- flop,
- gas,
- gasser,
- gelding,
- great success,
- hit,
- hollow man,
- impotent,
- incompetent,
- invalid,
- jackstraw,
- killing,
- lay figure,
- loser,
- man of straw,
- mayfly,
- merry chase,
- meteoric success,
- miscarriage,
- miscarrying,
- misfire,
- momentary success,
- nebbish,
- nobody,
- nonentity,
- nothing,
- nullity,
- puppet,
- pushover,
- resounding triumph,
- riot,
- roaring success,
- sensation,
- smash,
- smash hit,
- smoke,
- snows of yesteryear,
- thing of naught,
- trifle,
- triumph,
- vain attempt,
- washout,
- weakling,
- wet squib,
- wild-goose chase,
- wow,
- zero
- lame
collapse
- a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress" related words >
- abortive,
- awkward,
- bad,
- bootless,
- bugger,
- burden,
- castrate,
- castrated,
- clumsy,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- crippled,
- cumber,
- de-energize,
- debilitate,
- disable,
- disabled,
- disenable,
- drain,
- emasculate,
- emasculated,
- embarrass,
- encumber,
- enfeeble,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- failed,
- failing,
- feeble,
- fetter,
- flimsy,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- game,
- half-baked,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- hamstrung,
- handicap,
- handicapped,
- hobble,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- hors de combat,
- impaired,
- impede,
- inactivate,
- incapacitate,
- incapacitated,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- involve,
- kibosh,
- lime,
- limping,
- lumber,
- maim,
- maimed,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- net,
- of no effect,
- poor,
- press down,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- sabotage,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- snarl,
- spavined,
- spike,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- tangle,
- thin,
- toil,
- trammel,
- unconvincing,
- unfit,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- weak,
- weaken,
- weigh down,
- wing,
- wreck
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- aimless,
- arid,
- barren,
- bootless,
- borne,
- celibate,
- childless,
- counterproductive,
- desert,
- desolate,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- failed,
- failing,
- fallow,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featherweight,
- feckless,
- forceless,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- ill-qualified,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- ineffective,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- invertebrate,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- lame,
- leached,
- lightweight,
- limited,
- maladjusted,
- manque,
- mean,
- meaningless,
- menopausal,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- narrow,
- no go,
- no-account,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no account,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- paltry,
- pointless,
- powerless,
- purposeless,
- set,
- sine prole,
- small,
- spineless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- sucked dry,
- superfluous,
- teemless,
- unable,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unauthoritative,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- uncultivated,
- unequipped,
- unfertile,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfortunate,
- unfruitful,
- unplowed,
- unproductive,
- unprolific,
- unqualified,
- unsown,
- unsuccessful,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vain,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- weak,
- without any weight,
- without issue
- sterile
collapse
- deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
- incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" related words >
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- antiseptic,
- arid,
- aseptic,
- bare,
- barren,
- blah,
- blank,
- bloodless,
- boiled,
- bootless,
- celibate,
- characterless,
- childless,
- cold,
- colorless,
- counterproductive,
- dead,
- decontaminated,
- desert,
- desolate,
- disinfected,
- dismal,
- draggy,
- drained,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dusty,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- fade,
- fallow,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flat,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gainless,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- hygienic,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inexcitable,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inoperative,
- insipid,
- invalid,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- leached,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- low-spirited,
- menopausal,
- noncreative,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- nonremunerative,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- pale,
- pallid,
- pasteurized,
- pedestrian,
- plodding,
- pointless,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- profitless,
- prophylactic,
- pure,
- rewardless,
- sanitary,
- sine prole,
- slow,
- solemn,
- spiritless,
- stale,
- sterilized,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- sucked dry,
- superficial,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- teemless,
- unavailing,
- uncontaminated,
- uncreative,
- uncultivated,
- unfertile,
- unfruitful,
- uninfected,
- uninspired,
- uninventive,
- unlively,
- unplowed,
- unpolluted,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unprolific,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unsown,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vain,
- vapid,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- without issue,
- wooden,
- worn-out
- Gascon,
- abortive,
- absurd,
- airy,
- arrogant,
- asinine,
- barren,
- baseless,
- boastful,
- boasting,
- bootless,
- bootlessly,
- braggart,
- bragging,
- catchpenny,
- cocky,
- complacent,
- conceited,
- consequential,
- counterproductive,
- coxcombical,
- dandyish,
- delusive,
- delusory,
- doomed,
- effete,
- egocentric,
- egoistic,
- egotistical,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- fanfaron,
- fanfaronading,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flimsy,
- foolish,
- foppish,
- foredoomed,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- fruitlessly,
- futile,
- futilely,
- gasconading,
- groundless,
- haughty,
- hollow,
- idle,
- ill-founded,
- improperly,
- in vain,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- light,
- misleading,
- narcissan,
- narcissine,
- narcissistic,
- narcistic,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- overproud,
- overweening,
- paltry,
- petty,
- pointless,
- profitless,
- proud,
- puny,
- self-admiring,
- self-advertising,
- self-applauding,
- self-approving,
- self-assuming,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-congratulating,
- self-congratulatory,
- self-content,
- self-contented,
- self-delighting,
- self-endeared,
- self-esteeming,
- self-flattering,
- self-glorious,
- self-gratulating,
- self-gratulatory,
- self-important,
- self-lauding,
- self-loving,
- self-respecting,
- self-satisfied,
- self-sufficient,
- self-vaunting,
- shallow,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- smug,
- sterile,
- stuck-up,
- superficial,
- thrasonic,
- thrasonical,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unbased,
- unfounded,
- ungrounded,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unsuccessful,
- unsuccessfully,
- unsupportable,
- unsupported,
- unsustainable,
- unsustained,
- untenable,
- unwarranted,
- useless,
- vacuous,
- vainglorious,
- vainly,
- valueless,
- vapid,
- vaporing,
- vaunting,
- void,
- windy,
- without basis,
- without foundation,
- worthless
- futile
collapse
- producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" related words >
- abortive,
- absurd,
- airy,
- apish,
- asinine,
- bad,
- barren,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- bootless,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- catchpenny,
- cockeyed,
- counterproductive,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dizzy,
- doomed,
- doting,
- dumb,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flaky,
- flimsy,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- foredoomed,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- fuddled,
- gaga,
- goofy,
- gulled,
- hollow,
- idiotic,
- idle,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- imbecile,
- impolitic,
- impotent,
- improper,
- in vain,
- inadequate,
- inadvisable,
- inane,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incongruous,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infatuated,
- infelicitous,
- inoperative,
- inopportune,
- insane,
- insufficient,
- invalid,
- kooky,
- lame,
- light,
- loony,
- mad,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- manque,
- maudlin,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- moronic,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- nutty,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- out of place,
- profitless,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- shallow,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- stupid,
- successless,
- superficial,
- thoughtless,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unbefitting,
- undesirable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unmeet,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unsatisfactory,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuccessful,
- unsuitable,
- untimely,
- unwise,
- useless,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- vapid,
- wacky,
- wet,
- windy,
- witless,
- worthless,
- wrong
- barren
collapse
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
- incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon"
- not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
- completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding" related words >
- abortive,
- acarpous,
- arid,
- bare,
- blah,
- bland,
- blank,
- bleached,
- bleak,
- bloodless,
- bootless,
- celibate,
- characterless,
- childless,
- clear,
- cold,
- colorless,
- counterproductive,
- dead,
- depleted,
- desert,
- desolate,
- devoid,
- dismal,
- draggy,
- drained,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dusty,
- earthbound,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exhausted,
- fade,
- fallow,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featureless,
- feckless,
- flat,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- gainless,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- impotent,
- impoverished,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inexcitable,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inoperative,
- insipid,
- invalid,
- irreclaimable,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- leached,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- literal,
- low-spirited,
- menopausal,
- mundane,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonproductive,
- nonprolific,
- nonremunerative,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- null,
- null and void,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- pale,
- pallid,
- parched,
- pedestrian,
- plodding,
- pointless,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- poor,
- profitless,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- rewardless,
- sine prole,
- slow,
- solemn,
- spiritless,
- staid,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- stolid,
- stuffy,
- sucked dry,
- superficial,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- teemless,
- unavailing,
- uncultivable,
- uncultivated,
- unfanciful,
- unfertile,
- unfruitful,
- unideal,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- uninventive,
- unlively,
- unoriginal,
- unplowed,
- unpoetic,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unprolific,
- unrelieved,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- unromantic,
- unromanticized,
- unsown,
- untilled,
- useless,
- vacant,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- vapid,
- virgin,
- void,
- waste,
- wasted,
- wasteland,
- white,
- wild,
- wilderness,
- wildness,
- with nothing inside,
- without content,
- without issue,
- wooden,
- worn-out
- unfortunate
collapse
- a person who suffers misfortune
- unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
- not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" related words >
- abortive,
- afflictive,
- apocalyptic,
- awful,
- awkward,
- bad,
- badly off,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- black,
- bodeful,
- boding,
- bootless,
- calamitous,
- catastrophic,
- cursed,
- dark,
- deplorable,
- depressed,
- dire,
- disastrous,
- dismal,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- donsie,
- doomed,
- doomful,
- dreary,
- evil,
- evil-starred,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- foreboding,
- forlorn,
- fortuneless,
- fruitless,
- funest,
- futile,
- gloomy,
- graceless,
- grievous,
- hapless,
- hard-luck guy,
- hardcase,
- heartbreaking,
- ill,
- ill off,
- ill-advised,
- ill-boding,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fated,
- ill-omened,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-starred,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- in adverse circumstances,
- inadvisable,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- incongruous,
- inconvenient,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inopportune,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- irrelevant,
- lame,
- lamentable,
- late,
- loser,
- lowering,
- luckless,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- malefic,
- manque,
- menacing,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- miserable,
- mistimed,
- of evil portent,
- of no effect,
- off base,
- ominous,
- out of line,
- out of luck,
- out of phase,
- out of place,
- out of time,
- pathetic,
- pitiable,
- planet-struck,
- poor,
- poor unfortunate,
- portending,
- portentous,
- premature,
- regrettable,
- ruinous,
- sad,
- sad sack,
- schlemiel,
- schlimazel,
- short of luck,
- sinister,
- somber,
- star-crossed,
- starred,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- sure loser,
- terrible,
- threatening,
- too late,
- too soon,
- tragic,
- unbefitting,
- unblessed,
- underprivileged,
- undesirable,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- unmeet,
- unprofitable,
- unpromising,
- unpropitious,
- unprosperous,
- unprovidential,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuccessful,
- unsuitable,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unwise,
- upsetting,
- useless,
- victim,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched,
- wrong
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