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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
Quinoa grows even in lean, infertile soil and usually doesn't need additional fertilizer in most areas.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has stated that ovarian reserve markers shouldn’t be used as a fertility test for women who aren’t infertile or whose fertility hasn’t been evaluated.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has stated that ovarian reserve markers shouldn’t serve as a fertility test for women who aren’t infertile or whose fertility hasn’t been evaluated.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Many remote lodges, however, are stunted by unfixable geographic challenges, like infertile land.
—Jillian Dara, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has stated that ovarian reserve markers shouldn’t be used as a fertility test for women who aren’t infertile or whose fertility hasn’t been evaluated.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has stated that ovarian reserve markers shouldn’t serve as a fertility test for women who aren’t infertile or whose fertility hasn’t been evaluated.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Many remote lodges, however, are stunted by unfixable geographic challenges, like infertile land.
—Jillian Dara, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infertile
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Gone are the days of matchy-matchy sets, sterile millennial greige, and stark black-and-white color palettes.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 June 2026
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Now, authorities in Texas are releasing sterile flies once more.—
Kara Finnstrom,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The missile flew northeast and then banked and began flying in loops for hours over the barren, frozen landscape.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
18 June 2026
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Some would eventually be moved to a cruise ship rented by the government, while others were stationed at nondescript military outposts that sprung up in the barren hills around the edges of Nuuk.—
Joshua Hunt,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
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The flyer featured a photograph of the 31-year-old singer-songwriter on a desolate small-town street, behind the wheel of a vintage turquoise vehicle.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
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Since the Bankhead and Livermore Cinema opened, a number of popular restaurants – including Zachary’s Pizza, Sauced BBQ and Spirits and Locanda Wine Bar have transformed a once-desolate block into a buzzing culinary destination.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Among the Cambodians to exploit the instability was Toek Tik, a once-impoverished former Khmer Rouge foot soldier whose confessions helped investigators substantiate some of their claims against Latchford.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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And the people who got trapped behind—and who are now the impoverished mass of the remaining Cuban population—are the descendants of the slave population, or those who intermarried with the slave population.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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These conditions can increase your vulnerability to adverse effects from poor air quality.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
16 June 2026
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Equating the Holocaust to Gaza is in extremely poor taste.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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Movies based on videogames, once unfertile IP for Hollywood at the box office, have blossomed in recent years.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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“Infertile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infertile. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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