(UN-1 12; cf. prec.)

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1565.  Cooper, Thesaurus, Infœcunditas,… barrainenesse: vnfruitefulnesse.

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1577.  B. Googe, Heresbach’s Husb., IV. (1586), 158. The little Pullets, or Hennes,… both for their vnfruitfulnesse, and other causes.

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1615.  Bp. Hall, Contempl., O. T., XI. v. The unfruitfulness of Hannah.

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16[?].  Middleton, etc., Old Law, II. i. We judge Dotage complete then, as unfruitfulness In women at threescore.

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1707.  Mortimer, Husb., 527. The great Point to be taken care of about Fruit Trees, which is the Unfruitfulness of them.

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1764.  H. Walpole, Otranto, i. I divorce her from this hour. Too long has she cursed me by her unfruitfulness.

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1850.  R. I. Wilberforce, Holy Baptism, 35. It is unreasonable … to complain of that unfruitfulness [of baptism] which results from their own neglect.

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1873.  B. Stewart, Conserv. Force, v. 140. The unfruitfulness of the earlier views.

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