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   infertile

   /ɪnˈfəːtʌɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person, animal, or plant) unable to reproduce itself; unable to have young: "infertile couples are offered specialist advice" Similar sterilebarrenchildlessinfecundOpposite fertile
   • ▪ (of land) unable to sustain crops or vegetation: "barren and infertile soils" Similar barrennon-fertileunfruitfulunproductivenon-productiveuncultivatablelifelesssterileimpoverishedaridrare:unfructuousOpposite fertile

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, or from late Latin infertilis, from in- ‘not’ + fertilis (see fertile).

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › unfertileUnfertile Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of UNFERTILE is not fertile : infertile. How to use unfertile in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishUNFERTILE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   An unfertile person, animal, or plant cannot have babies, produce young, or produce new plants: The procedure has enabled many unfertile couples to have a child . Research has shown that many of the bulls in the herd are unfertile.

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   Definitions of unfertile. adjective. incapable of reproducing. synonyms: infertile, sterile. barren. not bearing offspring. sterilised, sterilized. made infertile. unfertilised, unfertilized, unimpregnated.

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   adjective. These are words and phrases related to unfertile. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. POOR. Synonyms. poor. infertile. barren. sterile. desolate. forlorn. meager. bare. exhausted. depleted. empty. uncultivable. fallow. unproductive. dead. wasted. worn. Antonyms. fertile. productive. fecund. cultivable. fruitful.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › unfertileUnfertile - definition of unfertile by The Free Dictionary

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   Define unfertile. unfertile synonyms, unfertile pronunciation, unfertile translation, English dictionary definition of unfertile. Adj. 1. unfertile - incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" infertile, sterile unfruitful - not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production...

7. www.oed.com › dictionary › unfertile_adjunfertile, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

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   Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word unfertile mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word unfertile. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. unfertile has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.

8. www.yourdictionary.com › unfertileUnfertile Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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   adjective. Not fertile. Wiktionary. Synonyms: infertile. sterile. Unfertile Sentence Examples. Though the climate is raw and good soil rare, the heath is not unfertile. South of the Golis the ground falls gradually to the central plateau known as the Haud, a waterless but not unfertile district.