sterile
IPA: stˈɛrʌɫ
adjective
- (not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- (figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
- (figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
- Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
- Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.
- (US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.
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Examples of "sterile" in Sentences
- Are there sterile parts of the body
- He blamed himself for being sterile.
- Are the hybrid pallid sturgeons sterile
- This led to the rise of sterile surgery.
- The sterile pollen is located in the anthers.
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