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
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.
• (unable to procreate): barren, infertile
• non-sterile, nonsterile
• unsterile
• Leister, leister, reliest, retiles, treiles
Source: Wiktionary
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
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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