Sterile
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English
Adjective
Sterile (comparative more Sterile, superlative most Sterile)
- Template:Notcomp unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- unprofitable.
- germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
Synonyms
Adverbs for Sterile
safely; securely; absolutely; warrantably; completely; assuredly; protectively; supposedly; presumably; carefully.
Thesaurus
abortive, acarpous, antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, blah, blank, bloodless, boiled, bootless, celibate, characterless, childless, cold, colorless, counterproductive, dead, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dismal, draggy, drained, drearisome, dreary, dried-up, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, effete, elephantine, empty, etiolated, exhausted, fade, fallow, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, flat, fruitless, futile, gainless, gaunt, gelded, heavy, ho-hum, hollow, hygienic, impotent, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inexcitable, infecund, infertile, inoperative, insipid, invalid, issueless, jejune, leached, leaden, lifeless, low-spirited, menopausal, noncreative, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific, nonremunerative, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, otiose, pale, pallid, pasteurized, pedestrian, plodding, pointless, poky, ponderous, profitless, prophylactic, pure, rewardless, sanitary, sine prole, slow, solemn, spiritless, stale, sterilized, stiff, stodgy, stuffy, sucked dry, superficial, tasteless, tedious, teemless, unavailing, uncontaminated, uncreative, uncultivated, unfertile, unfruitful, uninfected, uninspired, uninventive, unlively, unplowed, unpolluted, unproductive, unprofitable, unprolific, unremunerative, unrewarding, unsown, untilled, useless, vain, vapid, virgin, waste, wasted, without issue, wooden, worn-out
Etymology
From Latin sterilis. See also Ancient Greek στεῖρα.
Pronunciation
- enPR: stĕr'əl, stĕr'īl"
- Rhymes: -ɛrəl
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Anagrams
German
Adjective
Sterile
- strong feminine singular nominative form of steril.
- strong feminine singular accusative form of steril.
- strong plural nominative form of steril.
- strong plural accusative form of steril.
- weak masculine singular nominative form of steril.
- weak feminine singular nominative form of steril.
- weak feminine singular accusative form of steril.
- weak neuter singular nominative form of steril.
- weak neuter singular accusative form of steril.
- mixed feminine singular nominative form of steril.
- mixed feminine singular accusative form of steril.
Italian
Adjective
sterile m. and f. (m and f plural sterili)
- sterile, barren, unprolific, infertile
- sterile, sterilized (medicine)
- vain, pointless
- unproductive
Related terms
Latin
Adjective
sterile
