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hyödytön — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abortive adj Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
  • fruitless adjective Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.
  • frustrate verb To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.
  • ineffectual adjective Failing to produce the desired effect; not achieving much.
  • otiose adj Having no effect.
  • unavailing adj Fruitless, futile, useless.
  • useless adjective Not able to be used; serving no practical purpose.
  • vain adj Excessively proud of one's own looks or achievements.
  • worthless adj Having no value or use.

Senses

hyödytön is used for these senses in English:

  • abortive Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. [from late 1500s].
  • fruitless (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
  • frustrate ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
  • ineffectual Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
  • no use Condition of being pointless, useless, not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to succeed.
  • otiose Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
  • unavailing Fruitless, futile, useless.
  • useless Without use or possibility to be used.

abortive — full definition

  1. adj Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
  2. adj Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .
  3. adj Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
  4. adj Causing abortion; abortifacient.

fruitless — full definition

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

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