infertile
adjective
- not fertile; not productive; barren
- not fertilized, as an egg
See infertile in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭn-fûrˈtl)
adjective- Not fertile; unproductive or barren.
- Biology
a. Not capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction.
b. Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing: infertile duck eggs.
- Not capable of sustaining crops or vegetation: infertile land.
- Unproductive or producing little: a path of research that proved infertile.
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