Sterile

['steraɪl] or ['stɛrəl]

Definition

(adj.) deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; 'a sterile ideology lacking in originality'; 'unimaginative development of a musical theme'; 'uninspired writing' .

(adj.) incapable of reproducing; 'an infertile couple' .

Edited by Carlos--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

(a.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.

(a.) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.

(a.) Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

Checked by Kathy

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, unproductive, unprolific, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS, jejune, poor.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Barren, unfruitful, unproductive, desert, infertile

ANT:Fruitful, fertile, productive, luxuriant, exuberant, cultivated

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Definition

adj. unfruitful: barren: (bot.) producing no pistil or no spores: destitute of ideas or sentiment.—n. Sterilisā′tion act of sterilising.—v.t. Ster′ilise to cause to be fruitless: to destroy bacteria or other micro-organisms in.—ns. Ster′iliser anything which sterilises; Steril′ity quality of being sterile: unfruitfulness barrenness in regard to reproduction.

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