Another word for sterile
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Adjective
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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
Unprofitable
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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