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UNFERTILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unfertile mean?
• UNFERTILE (adjective)
The adjective UNFERTILE has 1 sense:
1. incapable of reproducing
Familiarity information: UNFERTILE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incapable of reproducing
Synonyms:
Context example:
an infertile couple
Similar:
barren (not bearing offspring)
sterilised; sterilized (made infertile)
unfertilised; unfertilized; unimpregnated (not having been fertilized)
Also:
unfruitful (not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production)
impotent (lacking power or ability)
unproductive (not producing or capable of producing)
Attribute:
fecundity; fertility (the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring)
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