Sterile
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Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful;
unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a
sterile year. -
Main Entry: [ster]·[ile]
- Not producing or incapable of producing offspring.
a. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit [spores], or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.
b. Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful: sterile land.
3. Free from live bacteria or other microorganisms: a sterile operating area; sterile instruments.
4. Lacking imagination, creativity, or vitality.
5. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; [fruitless] -
Not able to produce children or young.
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[adj]: awesome, [sick] [ill]
as a verb; sterilize: the act of making something awesome or sick
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(of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants or crops:
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