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unfertile

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unfertile

producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation

struggling to make a living with the region's unfertile fields

Synonyms of unfertile

barren, bony (also boney), dead, desolate, hardscrabble, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive, waste

Words Related to unfertile

bleak, inhospitable, lifeless

uncultivable, untillable

bankrupted, consumed, debilitated, depleted, diminished, drained, dried-up, enfeebled, exhausted, expended, lessened, reduced, spent, used up

arid, desert, droughty, dry, rainless, sere (also sear), thirsty, waterless

baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbaked

Near Antonyms of unfertile

arable, tillable

green, sylvan, verdant

Antonyms of unfertile

fertile, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, rich

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