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INFERTILE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incapable of reproducing
Example:
an infertile couple
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
barren (not bearing offspring)
sterilised; sterilized (made infertile)
unfertilised; unfertilized; unimpregnated (not having been fertilized)
Also:
unfruitful (not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production)
impotent (lacking power or ability)
unproductive (not producing or capable of producing)
Attribute:
fecundity; fertility (the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring)
Derivation:
infertility (the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate)
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