Definitions for: Sterile

[adj] deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention:i"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
[adj] not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
[adj] free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ster"ile, a. [F. st['e]rile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr.
stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that
has not calved, Goth. stair[=o], fem., barren. See Stare to
gaze.]
1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful;
unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile
desert; a sterile year.

2. (Biol.)
(a) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction
of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit;
unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only
stamens.
(b) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile
fluid.

3. Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a
sterile production or author.

Synonyms: antiseptic, aseptic, barren, infertile, uncreative, unfertile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive

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