sterile as an adjective: - 1
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sterile
adjective
1 sterile
Incapable of reproducing.
synonyms: infertile, unfertile.
Roget 187:
absent,
not present,
away,
nonresident,
gone,
from home;
missing;
lost;
wanting;
omitted;
nowhere to be found;
inexistence
etc.
2†.
empty,
void;
vacant,
vacuous;
untenanted,
unoccupied,
uninhabited;
tenantless;
barren,
sterile;
desert,
deserted;
devoid;
uninhabitable.
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Roget 169:
unproductive,
acarpous†,
inoperative,
barren,
addled,
infertile,
unfertile,
unprolific†,
arid,
sterile,
unfruitful,
infecund†;
sine prole;
fallow;
teemless†,
issueless†,
fruitless;
unprofitable
etc.
(useless)
645;
null and void,
of no effect.
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2 sterile
Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms:
— A sterile operating area.
synonym: aseptic.
3 sterile
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