How to Use infertile in a Sentence

infertile

adjective
Definition of infertilenext
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  • The plants produced from such a union will be infertile.
    — Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Since 2022, the shark has laid eggs monthly that were thought to be infertile, according to the zoo.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Still, as many as 80 percent of men who are infertile have low sperm counts.
    — Hallie Levine, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
  • About 20 percent of those eggs don’t hatch or are infertile.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • One is infertile and the other is not able to reproduce on her own.
    — National Geographic, 31 Mar. 2018
  • She was also warned that the treatment could make her infertile.
    — Claire Altschuler, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
  • Forest was cut down and burned before planting, and then, when the plot became infertile, the farmer moved to fresh forestland and did the same again.
    — Michael E Odijie, Quartz Africa, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The outlook for the species is dire: Both mother and daughter are infertile, and the last surviving male, Sudan, died in March at age 45.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 5 July 2018
  • Read Next World Fuzzy red creature was thought infertile at Canada zoo.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2024
  • Tehya and Goliath recently bred and produced two eggs of their own, but both were infertile.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
  • The study found that exposing male frogs to the chemical turned 75% infertile, but turned one-tenth of them into female frogs.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 13 July 2023
  • The two remaining females, Najin and Fatu, have been deemed infertile.
    — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 4 July 2018
  • But the toxic drugs and radiation used in her treatment were likely to injure her ovaries and leave her infertile.
    — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Both are descendants of Sudan and live in Kenya, and were considered infertile.
    — Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
  • The name comes from a local legend that infertile women who trek through the island's dense forest and bathe in its mystical lake will be able to have children.
    — Ronan O'Connell, CNN, 10 May 2017
  • Marthas are infertile women who have been assigned as cooks and cleaners to elite families.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Men and women can also be left infertile due to exposure.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 21 Sep. 2017
  • What is the one-term for the process by which fertile land becomes infertile desert land -- and that can be caused by drought, deforestation, or poor farmland management?
    — CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Skating usually works best in the infertile currents of medium- to fast-moving freestone streams.
    — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 26 June 2020
  • Set in the dystopian future of 2027 where women are now infertile, Theo (Owen) meets a pregnant woman and is forced to try to safely transport her to sanctuary.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2019
  • As many as 70 percent of koalas might be infected, and 90 percent of those animals are infertile.
    — Gloria Dickie, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2021
  • In fact, one recent small study looked at a panel of infertile men who were supplemented with 600 milligrams of NAC daily for a total of three months.
    — Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The Celestial Bed is supposed to help infertile couples.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • As most Wives are infertile, they're assigned Handmaids in order to procreate and start families of their own.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
  • For instance, patients who need cancer surgeries that could leave them infertile have faced denials.
    — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • For one thing, Handmaid's Tale shows more of the Marthas, particularly Rita, as much more than infertile house servants.
    — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, refinery29.com, 5 June 2019
  • While most hybrid species survive into adulthood, some hybrid species like mules are infertile and others, like the liger—a mix between a lion and a tiger—are fertile.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Money off of breeding potential is not guaranteed; the first beagle to ever win best in show, Uno, was infertile.
    — Christine Mui, Fortune, 23 June 2022
  • Use ingestible birth control, which renders male rats infertile and causes females to reach menopause more quickly.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • It may also have been born infertile and susceptible to a host of canine diseases, such as parvovirus, distemper, and brucellosis.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023

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