| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| VANITY | Fruitlessness | |
| USELESSNESS | Fruitlessness | |
| IDLENESS | The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. | |
| INEFFICACY | Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means. |