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I've tried it before, and I believe it to be fruitless (at least in the software development world).

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.

He made no reference to the fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - a major justification for launching the war.

I trust my prayers will not be fruitless, as I am asking for their ss happiness and yours, have to it be at the cost of my own life.

Such was the dyspeptic mood of a nation deep into a fruitless war and a year after a summer of assassinations and riots.

Indeed, the bottom of the thing lay at my heart, and that made all his endeavours fruitless.

He likewise gave up the fruitless task of teaching grammar to his unwilling pupil, and read Sakuntala with me instead.

This means that wrestling with a challenge is usually fruitless and frustrating.

Despite the increasing numbers of arrests, the dark persists in fruitless scheming that can only work against them in the end.

At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his computer (made in MALAYSIA ), John decided to relax for a while.

As the map went no further north than Hungary, I decided to save him a fruitless search.

The dark has created many ruses and numerous false events in a fruitless effort to delay the inevitable.

Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them.

These negotiations were ultimately fruitless, after Japan and the United States put pressure on Ukraine to pull out of the deal.

A fruitless person is not a failed Christian, but a false one - in other words, not a Christian at all.

But saving testing labour is fruitless if it only adds overburden to the maintenance department who look after this automated equipment.

But it would be wrong, not to mention fruitless, to blame the Europeans and their choices alone.

That's fruitless, even if I were a proselytizer: Nobody's converted by unwelcome ideas.

Frustrated residents of some towns have planted sunflowers in a fruitless effort to suck radioactive cesium out of the farmland.

I got bogged down in a long, fruitless discussion.

Jake left the room to check out a perceived shadow in the crack under the door, but it proved fruitless.

Passing a fruitless fig tree growing beside the road, he stepped over to it and said, "May no fruit ever come from you again. "

The Swedish company said its legal action followed four years of fruitless talks to settle the disagreements.

After months of fruitless searching, his mother turned to Kroll.

That withdrawal was preceded by years of ultimately fruitless diplomacy.

For many, this is the only form of economic redistribution they will see in the coming years as they continue a fruitless search for jobs.

China's Olympic coach Ratomir Dujkovic would be considered if the search for a "suitable" coach proved fruitless, he added.

Attempting to game those expectations about the future with policy surprises is usually fruitless.

The European policy so far has been engagement with Ukraine's political class. This has proved expensive, and mostly fruitless.

The training might be uncomfortable, gross, and fruitless.

Generally I avoid pictures of Ms. Monroe. . . falling in love with a dead woman is pretty fruitless, even for me.

Learn to let it go. Worry is the most fruitless expenditure of energy on the planet.

Mr Obama's hunt for a fix for the housing market may be a fruitless one.

Chen's game plan seemed to many voters to be a fruitless diversion from the economic and social issues facing the government.

Having made fruitless small talk with that girl last night, he told his roomates that the date was "NATO" - No action, talk only.

With a feminine fruitless gene, male flies adopt more ladylike tactics, mostly the head butt and some shoving.

Immigration restrictions are a fruitless crime - and do more harm than all other government regulations combined.

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.

If six months of consultations are fruitless, we propose that the US suspend federal purchases of the country's goods and services.

Ingredient: Fruitless Chinese Wolfberry Bud Tea, Wolfberry, Chinese Date, Apple, Mushroom and Pineapple.

His arguments convinced the Truman administration that efforts to continue wartime co-operation with Russia were fruitless.

Barack Obama remained damagingly aloof throughout the supercommittee's fruitless deliberations.

The results confirm that a gene known as "fruitless" is a key factor underlying sexual differences in behavior.

Widening each trench proved fruitless, so on the sixth day of digging, they moved to a new site, between two marked graves.

If the big funds in effect own the market in aggregate, then frenetic trading activity is fruitless, even before costs.

As a beautiful flower that is full of hue but lacks fragrance, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.

Terminal infructescence long and pendulous, axillary ones mainly fruitless.

History says that Washington's is an unwise and ultimately fruitless strategy.

Past efforts to reform Bulgaria's creaky justice system have been largely fruitless.

Eg. So far the search for the missing boy is fruitless.

After a fruitless exchange of profanity and exasperation we get off the phone.

That set Ma and Zhou on a long, and so far fruitless, journey that many other victims of Beijing's redevelopment have taken.

The next two days were spent in fruitless parleys.

At the fruitless end of your journeyuvA.

Attempts to collect damages for libel and costs from people outside Britain are rare and often fruitless.

Combat attrition was taking a steep toll , and to send green replacements into the skies was fruitless.

But recruiting efforts have been fruitless.

Action now if you want to end the fruitless love or marry your girlfriend. Don't take it to your 35th year in your lifespan.

Third, any attempt at economic development will be fruitless without the voluntary and active participation of the people.

All his efforts were fruitless.

More and more of her fellow citizens are finding the search for full-time, permanent employment a fruitless quest.

In 1929, Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt finally killed a giant panda after six decades of elusion and fruitless searching.

Negotiations proved fruitless, and the pictures were deleted.

If they get any leisure they indulge in idle gossip and foolish talk, or they engage in fruitless work.

Efforts to salvage nature will be fruitless as long as the economy is put first.

Another half an hour passed, and the pursuit was still fruitless .

The answer is the fruitless Chinese wolfberry sprout tree.

His struggles with adversity are fruitless.

Never again the fruitless CPR, or the screaming 911 call with the operator saying Lower your voice, ma'am, I can't understand you.

In repressive, intolerant cultures, this can lead to fruitless confrontations and other problems.

In any event, the debate over which test is stricter is somewhat fruitless .

And fruitless all their grafted guile, as shortly ye shall see.

His struggle with adversity is fruitless.

After about 6 months of fruitless job-hunting, I convinced my parents that I needed more education in order to get to where I wanted to be.

The Fruitless Pursuit of Happiness.

After fruitless negotiations, he turned down the job.

Their search for the plane is fruitless.

All my efforts were fruitless.

What became of the original 'is a big puzzle, ' Ms. Sheremet says, after a fruitless search of the city's archives.

Yet, while this may sometimes yield useful information, it can also be time consuming and fruitless.

Only furnishing plans is fruitless and futile in order that he doesn't frown or get furious.

After half an hour of fruitless effort, I got frustrated. "Why do you even want to do boxing? "

This is likely to prove a fruitless pursuit.

This is a fruitless nature-nurture debate.

War on drugs: why the US and Latin America could be ready to end a fruitless 40-year struggle

It ceased fruitless diplomatic overtures to Vietnam and Cuba and was somewhat more even-handed on human rights

My mattress was ripped open, my furniture slashed in a fruitless search for hidden money;

So when your fruitless search fills you with angst and self-doubt, always remember the following truths about job hunting:

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Vain Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless:

An enterprise fruitless of profit;