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(1):

(a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

(2):

(a.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.

(3):

(a.) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.

(4):

(a.) Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sterile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sterile.html. 1828.
 
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