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as in sterile
not able to produce fruit or offspring
an infertile cow is of limited use to a farmer
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as in barren
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought
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Recent Examples of infertile
It is often used to help infertile couples conceive biological children.
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 14 June 2024
For infertile couples, the government will update policies so that if fertility procedures fail, financial support won't be clawed back.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Some women—including those rendered infertile by cancer or other medical conditions—need donor eggs.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The program left more than 250,000 Andean women infertile.
—Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 14 June 2024
For infertile couples, the government will update policies so that if fertility procedures fail, financial support won't be clawed back.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Some women—including those rendered infertile by cancer or other medical conditions—need donor eggs.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The program left more than 250,000 Andean women infertile.
—Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infertile
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Ultimately, the music industry should be a playground of endless discovery rather than a sterile filter bubble.—
Seth Yudof,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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The rooms sprawl before her in a series of sterile hallways that seem to never end.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is where the montage sequences get really aggressive, assaulting the viewer with imagery of barren alien landscapes and skulls with the flesh melting off of their faces.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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Even along the relatively mild coasts, where summer temperatures hover just below freezing, the land is a barren expanse of rock, ice and snow.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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That quality is maintained first and foremost by a desolate whistling-wind sound effect in the background of all the scenes, along with a sustained droning musical score.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
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But a tire mark left on a desolate road near a missing woman’s car changes everything.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Kicking Margulis and Dyson out of polite scientific society for these consensus violations would have impoverished science.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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The nuances of being the older sibling, and especially the eldest daughter of an impoverished, fractured or immigrant family, are beginning to gain more traction in mainstream media.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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But there is another concerning trend and area that has to be improved — their poor record on second balls.—
Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Heat holds a poor 9-24 record this season in games against teams currently with a winning record.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Infertile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infertile. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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