STERILE

sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive

(adjective) deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; “a sterile ideology lacking in originality”; “unimaginative development of a musical theme”; “uninspired writing”

sterile, unfertile, infertile

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

aseptic, sterile

(adjective) free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; “a sterile operating area”; “aseptic surgical instruments”; “aseptic surgical techniques”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

sterile (comparative more sterile, superlative most sterile)

(uncomparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

(figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.

(figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.

(US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.

Synonyms

• (unable to procreate): barren, infertile

Antonyms

• non-sterile, nonsterile

• unsterile

Anagrams

• Leister, leister, reliest, retiles, treiles

Source: Wiktionary

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Ster"ile, a. Etym: [F. stérile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr. stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stairo, fem., barren. See Stare to gaze.]

1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

2. (Biol.) (a) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens. (b) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.

3. Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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