ἀκάρπωτος

A. not made fruitful, uncultivated, Thphr. CP 3.13.3.

2. metaph., χρησμὸς ἀ. unfulfilled oracle, A. Eu. 714; νίκας ἀκάρπωτον χάριν because of some victory which yielded her no tribute, S. Aj. 176.