INFERTILE

sterile, unfertile, infertile

(adjective) incapable of reproducing; “an infertile couple”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

infertile (comparative more infertile, superlative most infertile)

Not fertile.

Antonyms

• fertile

Anagrams

• interfile

Source: Wiktionary


In*fer"tile, a. Etym: [L. infertilis: cf. F. infertile. See In- not, and Fertile.]

Definition: Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 May 2024

EARLY

(adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; “early morning”; “an early warning”; “early diagnosis”; “an early death”; “took early retirement”; “an early spring”; “early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties”


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