The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STERILE , but the solution may also be BARREN which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in New York Times).
Unfruitful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STERILE | 52 % | 7 |
| BARREN | 24 % | 6 |
| ARID | 19 % | 4 |
| EFFETE | 5 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unfruitful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unsuccessful
- barren
- infertile
- childless
- poor
- stillborn
- abortive
- hardscrabble
- acarpous
- fruitless
- unproductive
- fruitful
Crossword Answer definitions
STERILE adjective- Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
- Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
- Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
- Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.
- Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STERILE
- Lacking imagination
- Like a mule
- Germ-free
- Uninspired
- Unproductive
- Aseptic
- Germfree
- As clean as a doctor's instruments
- Lacking originality
- Fit to be used in an operating room
More clues leading to the result BARREN
- Fruitless
- Unproductive
- Lacking vegetation
- Unfruitful
- Far from arable
- Devoid of vegetation
- Like wastelands
- Seriously lacking in vegetation
- Infertile
- Like the Badlands
More clues leading to the result ARID
- Bone-dry
- Dry as a bone
- Like a Saharan RAID?
- Like a dust bowl
- Like the Gobi
- Mojave-like
- Overly dry
- Dehydrated
- Gobi-ish
- Like the Mojave