infertile
/ɪnˈfɜrtl/
adjective
- Unable to produce children or young; not fertile.
- Advances in medicine have helped many infertile people become parents.
- The mare was infertile and could not have foals.
- After several years of trying, the couple learned that one partner was infertile.
- (of soil or land) Not able to support the growth of plants; barren.
- Centuries of overgrazing had turned the once-rich plains into infertile ground.
- The infertile desert soil made farming nearly impossible.
- They added compost to the infertile garden bed to improve its nutrients.
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