| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to support growth |
Synonyms: |
arid, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, impotent, impoverished, infecund, infertile, parched, sterile, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive, waste |
Antonyms: |
developing, fecund, fertile, filled, full, growing, productive, useful |
| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unproductive |
Synonyms: |
barren, fruitless, impotent, infecund, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unprolific |
Antonyms: |
productive, useful, working |
| Main Entry: | impotent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled; unable to perform action |
Synonyms: |
barren, crippled, dud, effete, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, forceless, frail, gutless, helpless, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infecund, infirm, nerveless, paper tiger, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, weak |
Antonyms: |
able, capable, fertile, potent, productive, strong |
| Main Entry: | infertile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not bearing fruit, young |
Synonyms: |
barren, depleted, drained, effete, exhausted, impotent, impoverished, infecund, nonproductive, sterile, unbearing, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive |
Antonyms: |
fertile, fruitful, potent, productive |
| Main Entry: | sterile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unproductive, clean |
Synonyms: |
antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
Antonyms: |
dirty, fruitful, productive |
| Main Entry: | unfruitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not fruitful |
Synonyms: |
acarpous, arid, barren, effete, fruitless, impotent, infecund, infertile, sterile, unproductive, unprolific, unrewarding, useless, wasted |
Antonyms: |
fruitful |
| Main Entry: | childless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren |
Synonyms: |
infecund, infertile, sterile, unfruitful |
| Main Entry: | sanitized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sterile |
Synonyms: |
antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead*, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
| Main Entry: | uncreative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sterile |
Synonyms: |
antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead*, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, unimaginative, uninfected, uninspired, uninventive, unoriginal, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
| Main Entry: | uninventive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sterile |
Synonyms: |
antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead*, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, uncreative, unfruitful, unimaginative, uninfected, uninspired, unoriginal, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |