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sterile

/'stɛraɪl/

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adjective
incapable of reproducing
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Similar:

infertile unfertile sterilized unfertilised unfertilized sterilised unimpregnated barren

Opposite:

fertile
adjective
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
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"a sterile operating area"

Similar:

aseptic antiseptic
adjective
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
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"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"

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unimaginative uninspired uninventive uncreative

Examples of sterile

"a sterile operating area"
"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"