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sterile

/'st/E/r/aI/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. incapable of reproducing

    adj.all

    Synonyms infertile unfertile
    Antonyms fertile

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, <i>sterile</i> land; a <i>sterile</i> desert; a <i>sterile</i> year.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms

    adj.all

    Examples
    A sterile operating area.
    Synonyms aseptic

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

    adj.all

    Examples
    A sterile ideology lacking in originality.
    Synonyms unimaginative uninspired uninventive

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

stereotypicallystereotypiststereotypographerstereotypographystereotypysterhydraulicsterilenesssterilisationsterilisesterilisedsterilisersterility

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