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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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In this world, the severance procedure literally splits the mind into work and non-work compartments, resulting in employees who live dual existences: one governed by the sterile demands of corporate productivity and the other shrouded in personal mystery.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Like many other hybrid plants, African blue basil is sterile, which helps to explain its extravagant flowering; when a plant does not form seeds, there is more energy to devote purely to flowering.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
14 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Parker’s Favorite Painting (1946) indicates Abercrombie’s engagement with social issues: a yellow noose, nearly fluorescent against a dishwater sky, dangles from a barren tree—an oblique lament from the doggedly antiracist Abercrombie.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Mass Effect's core loop doesn't benefit from huge barren landscapes that are devoid of detail.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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Fourteen years of war have left the country desolate, and its people exhausted; millions have been displaced or were forced to become refugees.—
Raghed Waked & Justin Salhani,
The Dial,
25 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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With the dwarfs and bandits by her side, Snow White vows to reclaim her parents’ home and restore peace to her impoverished kingdom.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The homes are part of an ambitious five-year plan, announced in 2021, to build 50,000 additional apartments in Pyongyang, where residents’ quality of life is considerably higher than elsewhere in the impoverished country.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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This can manifest in poor financial behaviors like excessive credit card debt, minimal savings, or impulsive investment decisions.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Sharon is the first member of the coven to die after the first of the five trials; meanwhile, the rest of the coven fends off further danger, faces new challenges, and even adds a new member to their ranks, replacing poor Sharon almost immediately.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Infertile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infertile. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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