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- pronunciation:
- ste
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Builder, Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
free of live bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; uncontaminated; sterilized.
- synonyms:
- antiseptic, sanitary
- antonyms:
- contaminated, septic, unsterile
- similar words:
- aseptic, clean, disinfected, hygienic, pure, sterilized, uncontaminated
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| definition 2: |
not able to produce offspring; infertile.
- synonyms:
- barren, infertile
- antonyms:
- fecund, fertile, virile
- similar words:
- fruitless, impotent
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| definition 3: |
lacking or nearly devoid of vegetation; barren.
Fire turned the forest into a sterile plain.- synonyms:
- barren
- antonyms:
- fertile, fruitful
- similar words:
- fruitless, infertile, waste
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| definition 4: |
lacking ideas, results, vitality, or the like; impotent; fruitless.
a sterile discussion- synonyms:
- barren, fruitless, impotent
- antonyms:
- creative, fruitful, original
- similar words:
- arid, futile, ineffective, unproductive, useless, worthless
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| related words: |
barren, dreary, effete, hygienic |
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| derivation: |
sterility (n.) |
Word Builder: sterile +
- sterilize:
to make sterile.
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