unfertile

adjective

ˌən-ˈfər-tᵊl How to pronounce unfertile (audio)
Definition of unfertilenext
as in barren
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation struggling to make a living with the region's unfertile fields

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  1. barren
  2. desolate
  3. impoverished
  4. poor
Adjective
  • So why are women losing ground? Dec. 11, 2024 California was an oasis this November in a largely barren Democratic landscape.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The most notorious gulag lies in the barren, rocky hills outside the capital, Damascus.
    Richard Engel, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of barren
Adjective
  • By the time Rip and Lloyd dump Jamie’s body and set his car ablaze in a desolate field in Iowa, her cover story is validated, and warrants are issued against Jamie for aggravated assault and domestic violence.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
  • At the same time, the Russians should know best about the desolate state of affairs inside the Syrian security and military apparatus.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of desolate
Adjective
  • In Delhi, impoverished kids are learning to love reading and math, thanks to a police officer’s makeshift school.
    Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Assad’s fall ends more than six decades of Baath Party rule that sought to center Syria as a leader in the Arab world, but instead left it corruption-riddled and impoverished.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of impoverished
Adjective
  • In many poor and densely populated neighborhoods across the country, people have access to free, unmetered electricity.
    Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That being said, today was a very poor outing as breadth (advancers vs. decliners) was awful in both markets.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of poor
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