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sterile
('st/E/r/aI/l )

adjective (a)

  • incapable of reproducing(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    infertile, unfertile
    Antonym:
    fertile
    source: wordnet30
  • Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms(adj.all)
    Example:
    A sterile operating area.
    Synonym:
    aseptic
    source: wordnet30
  • deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention(adj.all)
    Example:
    A sterile ideology lacking in originality.
    Synonym:
    unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive
    source: wordnet30
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