Infertile
English Meaning
Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.
- Not fertile; unproductive or barren.
- Biology Not capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction.
- Biology Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing: infertile duck eggs.
- Not capable of sustaining crops or vegetation: infertile land.
- Unproductive or producing little: a path of research that proved infertile.