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hedelmätön — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barren adj Not producing crops, plants, or life; unproductive land.
  • fruitless adjective Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.
  • frustrate verb To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.
  • infertile adj Not able to produce offspring, crops, or fruit.

Senses

hedelmätön is used for these senses in English:

  • barren (of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
  • barren (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
  • fruitless Bearing no fruit; barren.
  • frustrate ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
  • infertile Not fertile.

barren — full definition

  1. adj Not producing crops, plants, or life; unproductive land.
  2. adj Lacking in interest, ideas, or results.
  3. adj (dated, of a person or animal) Unable to have children or offspring.

fruitless — full definition

  1. adjective Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.
  2. adjective Bearing no fruit.

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