прилагательное 1) бесплодный; неспособный к деторождению; стерильный Синоним(ы): barren, childless, infertile, unfruitful Антоним(ы): bearing, productive, viable, yielding 2) неплодородный (о почве) 3) безрезультатный, бесплодный, неэффективный Например: sterile work — работа впустую Синоним(ы): futile, ineffectual, unproductive 4) стерилизованный, стерильный
adjective Etymology: Middle English steryle, from Latin sterilis; akin to Gothic stairo barren animal, Sanskrit starī sterile cow 1. a. failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores b. failing to produce or incapable of producing offspring Example: a sterile hybrid c. incapable of germinating Example: sterile spores d. of a flower neither perfect nor pistillate 2. a. unproductive of vegetation Example: a sterile arid region b. free from living organisms and especially microorganisms Example: a sterile syringe c. lacking in stimulating emotional or intellectual quality; lifeless Example: a sterile work of art • sterilely adverb • sterility noun