Meaning & use
infertile
Unable to produce offspring, crops, or fruit; not fertile.
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The couple sought medical advice after learning one of them might be infertile.
Years of drought left the once-productive fields dry and largely infertile.
A note on using this word
Infertile applies to people, animals, and land alike, always describing a lack of reproductive or productive capacity.
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