infertile
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in·fer·tile
(ĭn-fûr′tl)adj.
1. Biology
a. Not capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction.
b. Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing: infertile duck eggs.
2. Not capable of sustaining crops or vegetation: infertile land.
3. Unproductive or producing little: a path of research that proved infertile.
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infertile
(ɪnˈfɜːtaɪl)adj
1. not capable of producing offspring; sterile
2. (of land) not productive; barren
inˈfertilely adv
infertility n
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in•fer•tile
(ɪnˈfɜr tl; esp. Brit. -taɪl)adj.
not fertile; sterile; barren.
[1590–1600; < Latin]
in•fer′tile•ly, adv.
in`fer•til′i•ty, n.
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in·fer·tile
(ĭn-fûr′tl)1. Not capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit; unable to reproduce.
2. Not capable of developing into a complete organism: infertile eggs.
3. Not capable of supporting plant life; unfavorable to the growth of crops and plants: infertile soil.
infertility noun
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() unfruitful - not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production impotent - lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage" unproductive - not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries" |
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infertile
adjective
2. barren, unproductive, nonproductive, unfruitful, infecund The waste is dumped, making the surrounding land infertile.
barren productive, fertile, fruitful, generative, fecund
barren productive, fertile, fruitful, generative, fecund
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infertile
adjective1. Lacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops:
2. Unable to produce offspring:
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Translations
عَاقِرٌعَقيم، عاقِرمُجْدِب، قاحِل، غَيْر مُخْصِب
neplodnýneúrodný
ufrugtbarinfertilsteril
hedelmätön
neplodan
ófrjór
繁殖力のない
불임의
nederlingumasnevaisingas
neauglīgs
neúrodný
infertil
เป็นหมัน
vô sinh
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
infertile
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
infertile
(inˈfəːtail) adjective1. (of soil etc) not fertile or producing good crops. The land was stony and infertile.
2. (of persons or animals) unable to have young.
ˌinferˈtility (-ˈti-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
infertile
→ عَاقِرٌ neplodný ufrugtbar unfruchtbar στείρος estéril hedelmätön stérile neplodan sterile 繁殖力のない 불임의 onvruchtbaar ufruktbar nieurodzajny estéril бесплодный infertil เป็นหมัน verimsiz vô sinh 不生育的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
infertile
adj infértil, estérilEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.