fruitless vs minimalist

fruitless

adj
  • Bearing no fruit; barren. 

  • Of a diet, etc.: without fruit. 

  • Unproductive, useless. 

minimalist

adj
  • Believing in or seeking a minimal state; seeking to minimize or reduce to a minimum. 

noun
  • One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum. 

How often have the words fruitless and minimalist occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )