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Example sentences for: fruitless

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Cohen told the Commission that the notion of putting military personnel on the ground without some reasonable certitude that Bin Ladin was in a particular location would have resulted in the mission's failure and the loss of life in a fruitless effort.
You have no obligation to participate in a discussion that you find fruitless and irritating.
So might the environmental, consumer, and public interest group members of the EPA's food quality advisory panel who recently resigned in protest, stating that the agency "dithered in endless, fruitless debate" rather than "doing anything about toxic chemicals that have been around since World War II" (the Washington Post , April, 28, 1999).
Trials to improve the health of the other groups to that of the normals would probably be fruitless since there is no evidence that being overweight (for men or women) or obese (for men) affects YOL or YHL.
These talks have been fruitless," the State Department concluded.