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1. (adj.) sterile
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic.
2. sterile
incapable of producing offspring; infertile.
3. sterile
barren; not producing vegetation:
sterile soil.
4. sterile
noting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop.
5. sterile
bearing no stamens or pistils.
6. sterile
not productive of results, ideas, etc.; fruitless.
Etymology: (1545–55; < L sterilis)
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| Definition of 'sterile' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sterile, unfertile, infertile
incapable of reproducing
"an infertile couple"
2. (adj) aseptic, sterile
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
"a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"
3. (adj) sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
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1. (adjective) sterile
with no bacteria
a sterile operating room
2. sterile
not able to have babies
tests to find out if he is sterile
3. sterile
not interesting or imaginative
a sterile debate
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| Definition of 'sterile' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sterile
producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year
2. (adj) sterile
incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens
3. (adj) sterile
free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid
4. (adj) sterile
fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author
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Sense: (of soil, plants, humans and other animals) unable to produce crops, seeds, children or young.
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 Afrikaans: steriel |
 Arabic: غَيْر مُثْمِر |
 Bulgarian: безплодов |
 Brazilian: estéril |
 Czech: neplodný |
 German: unfruchtbar |
 Danish: steril; ufrugtbar |
 Greek: στείρος, άγονος, άκαρπος |
 Estonian: viljatu, aher |
 Farsi: عقيم |
 Finnish: hedelmätön |
 French: stérile |
 Hebrew: עָקָר, לא פּוֹרֶה |
 Hindi: फलहीन, अफलित |
 Croatian: jalov, neplodan |
 Hungarian: meddő |
 Indonesian: gersang |
 Icelandic: ófrjósamur, ófrjór |
 Italian: sterile |
 Japanese: 不妊の |
 Korean: 불모의, 불임의 |
 Lithuanian: nevaisingas, bergždžias |
 Latvian: neauglīgs |
 Malay: mandul |
 Dutch: steriel |
 Norwegian: steril, ufruktbar |
 Polish: bezpłodny |
 Persian: عقيم |
 Pashto: شنډ، بې ثمره، بې حاصله، ش |
 Portuguese: estéril |
 Romanian: steril |
 Russian: бесплодный |
 Slovak: neplodný |
 Slovenian: neploden |
 Serbian: sterilan |
 Swedish: steril |
 Thai: (คน; สัตว์; พืช) เป็นหมัน |
 Turkish: kısır |
 Taiwanese: 無法生育的，不結果的，無繁殖力的 |
 Ukrainian: нездатний до запліднення; |
 Urdu: بنجر |
 Vietnamese: cằn cỗi, vô sinh |
 Chinese: 不生育的，不结果的，不能生殖的 |
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