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51Congo — • An account written before the annexation of the state by the Belgian government Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Congo Congo † …
52sterile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barren, unproductive, unfruitful, unfertile; aseptic, germ free. See uselessness, cleanness.Ant., fertile, fruitful, unsterile. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Incapable of producing young] Syn.… …
53unavailing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. useless, vain, futile; ineffectual, bootless. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pointless, without results, fruitless; see futile 1 , useless 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. futile …
54unfruitful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barren, unproductive, infertile, sterile; fruitless. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. barren, fruitless, sterile, arid, blasted, infertile, desert, unprofitable. See Synonym Study at… …
55unprofitable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. profitless, unbeneficial, unproductive; useless, futile, bootless, fruitless; costly, expensive; unwise, inexpedient. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Producing but little financial… …
56unsuccessful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unprosperous, unfortunate, unavailing, unproductive. See failure. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. defeated, disappointed, frustrated, nonsuited, abortive, aborted, disastrous, unprosperous, unproductive …
57vain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. proud, conceited; futile, fruitless; trivial. See vanity, uselessness, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Possessing unwarranted self esteem] Syn. proud, arrogant, haughty; see egotistic 2 . 2 …
58unfruitful — a. 1. Barren, fruitless, acarpous, sterile. 2. Barren, unprolific, sterile, infecund. 3. Fruitless, unprofitable, unproductive, barren. 4. Unproductive, barren, unprolific, sterile, unfertile, fruitless …
59sleeveless — adjective 1. having no sleeves sleeveless summer dresses • Ant: ↑sleeved 2. unproductive of success a fruitless search futile years after her artistic peak a sleeveless errand a vain attempt …
60Abortive — A*bor tive, a. [L. abortivus, fr. aboriri. See {Abort}, v.] 1. Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. Made from the skin of a still born animal; as, abortive vellum. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3.… …
