Definition of infertile
: not fertile or productive infertile eggs infertile fields; especially : incapable of or unsuccessful in achieving pregnancy infertile couples
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Examples of infertile in a Sentence
an infertile cow is of limited use to a farmer
only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought
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The Nature Conservancy considered nonlethal methods like giving contraceptives to the swine, but that would just get you an island of hell-raising, infertile pigs—
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Origin and Etymology of infertile
Middle French, from Late Latin infertilis, from Latin in- + fertilis fertile
INFERTILE Defined for English Language Learners
infertile
playDefinition of infertile for English Language Learners
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: not able to reproduce : not able to produce children, young animals, etc.
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: not suited for raising crops : unable to support the growth of plants
INFERTILE Defined for Kids
infertile
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: not fertile infertile soil
Medical Dictionary
infertile
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: not fertile; especially : incapable of or unsuccessful in achieving pregnancy over a considerable period of time (as a year) in spite of determined attempts by heterosexual intercourse without contraception infertile couples an infertile male with a low sperm count an infertile female with blocked fallopian tubes—compare sterile 1
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