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
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
