Another word for sterile
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Adjective
Unable to produce offspring
- Yielding no worthwhile result; fruitless; unprofitable
- Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
- Not reproducing; barren; unproductive
- Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing:
- Not capable of sustaining crops or vegetation:
- Not fertile; not productive; barren
- (Obsolete) Lacking self-restraint.
- Ineffective, powerless, or helpless
- Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless:
- Not having any children.
- Lacking in liveliness or interest:
- Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation
- Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:
See also:Lacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops
- (Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
- Not productive; useless; fruitless.
- Not productive; idle.
- Yielding no worthwhile result; fruitless; unprofitable
- Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
- Not reproducing; barren; unproductive
- Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing:
- Not capable of sustaining crops or vegetation:
- Not fertile; unproductive or barren.
- Not producing or incapable of producing fruit:
- Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation
- Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:
See also:Free or freed from microorganisms
See also:Lacking originality
- Lacking originality; trite.
- Lacking or done without inspiration or enthusiasm:
- Not inspired; lacking spirit, creativity, zest, etc.; dull
- Characterized by a lack of excitement or liveliness; unexciting or uninteresting:
See also:Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise
- Lacking or done without inspiration or enthusiasm:
- Not inspired; lacking spirit, creativity, zest, etc.; dull
- Not inspired; dull or dry
- Heavy and unpalatable
- (Of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
- Dull; tedious; uninteresting
- Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
- Commonplace, dull and ordinary
- Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
- Of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.
- Lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull
- Going or performed on foot:
- Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians:
- Lacking vitality or animation; dull:
- Without life
- Dull; listless
- Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
- Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
- Not glossy; matte:
- Attached or confined to the earth or to earthly concerns:
- Confined to or by the earth or earthly things
- Fastened in or to the soil:
- Not vivid; not brilliant; dim
- Gloomy; cloudy
- Not clear or resonant:
- Constructed without mortar or cement:
- No longer yielding liquid, especially milk:
- Not shedding tears:
- Dull or commonplace in character; dreary:
- Faded and dull in appearance.
- Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
- Pale; pallid:
- Without color
- Lacking color:
- Lacking animation or emotion:
- Not septic; free from or keeping away disease-producing or putrefying microorganisms
- Using methods to protect against infection by pathogenic microorganisms:
- Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull:
- Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants:
- Lacking enough water for things to grow; dry and barren
See also:
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Another word for sterile
Modifier
Incapable of producing young
Antonyms:Incapable of producing vegetation
See also:Antonyms:Scrupulously clean
See also:Antonyms:Without intellectual interest
Synonym Study
- Impotent is specif. applied to a man who cannot engage in sexual intercourse, especially because of an inability to have an erection. All of these words have figurative uses sterile thinking, an infertile mind, a barren victory, unfruitful efforts, impotent rage
- Barren and unfruitful are specifically applied to a sterile woman or to plants or soil
- Sterile and infertile imply incapability of producing offspring or fruit, as because of some disorder of the reproductive system
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