sterile
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adjectiveComparative
more sterile
Superlative
most sterile
- 1.
(not comparable)Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- 2.
(figuratively)(figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
- 3.
(figuratively)(figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
- 4.
Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
a sterile kitchen table
- 5.
Permanently uninhabitable (as in a planet like Earth) to all life, including even microbes.
- 6.
Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.
- 7.
(US)(US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.
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intersterilesemisterilesterilantsterilelysterilenesssteripipetteultrasterileself-sterilesterile neutrinosterile oatanti-sterile-neutrinosterile antineutrinosterilisationsterilisesterilisedsterilitysterilisation / sterilizationsterilise / sterilizesterilised / sterilized
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From Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (barren, futile). See also στεῖρα.