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Synonyms for sterile
ˈstɛr ɪl; esp. Brit. -aɪlster·ile
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sterile
Synonyms:
barren, unfruitful, unproductive, desert, infertileAntonyms:
fruitful, fertile, productive, luxuriant, exuberant, cultivated
Princeton's WordNet
sterile, unfertile, infertileadjective
incapable of reproducing
"an infertile couple"
Synonyms:
uninspired, uninventive, unfertile, unimaginative, infertile, asepticAntonyms:
rank, conceptive, fecund, impregnable, originative, fertilizable, septic, fertile, infected, creativeaseptic, sterileadjective
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
"a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"
Synonyms:
uninspired, unfertile, uninventive, unimaginative, infertile, asepticAntonyms:
septic, rank, impregnable, infected, creative, conceptive, fertile, fecund, originative, fertilizablesterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventiveadjective
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
Synonyms:
uninventive, stereotypical, stereotyped, stereotypic, aseptic, unimaginative, unfertile, infertile, uninspiredAntonyms:
conceptive, fecund, infected, creative, fertilizable, septic, rank, originative, impregnable, fertile
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sterileadjective
Synonyms:
barren, unfruitful, fruitless, unproductive, unprolific, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS, jejune, poor
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sterileadjective
Synonyms:
barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful, unprolific
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#836 | rock | |
#4409 | desert | |
#17502 | sterile | |
#24369 | unhelpful | |
#24547 | barren | |
#26975 | futile | |
#42475 | stereotypical | |
#43825 | tailings | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#48348 | unproductive | |
#49116 | sterility | |
#55394 | infertile | |
#55892 | aseptic | |
#59823 | stereotyped | |
#65532 | uninspired | |
#87036 | unimaginative | |
#160246 | unfruitful | |
#182349 | stereotypic |
How to use sterile in a sentence?
We had dinner and started hanging out a bit and talking about music, you get to meetings and it feels super sterile most of the time, and it was just really nice to talk with somebody who produced some of my favorite records and is just a super fan of music in general.
Sterile injectables are quite complex and costly to consistently manufacture.
We have n’t seen a public health emergency like this in the last century, it’s time for us to rethink our assumptions, and consider options we had n’t seen before. Unlike similar efforts by other cities, the injection sites would not need City Council approval because they would be privately run. Drug-related overdose deaths began to spoke in 2015 with the presence of fetanyl, according to Philadelphia Public Health. ( Fox News) The sites would give drug addicts a safe haven to shoot up and would offer sterile injection equipment, including needles, and Naloxone. Fox News would also give referrals to treatment centers, social services clinics and wound care facilities. The idea comes as a paradigm shift in the nation’s effort to stem the tide of opioid-related deaths.Seattle and New York have been among places that have mulled similar measures, but the efforts stalled because of either legal or bureaucratic hurdles. Canada and Europe have operated similar types of facilities for the last few decades.
You certainly need to use sterile and disposable goods.
There's no question as I haven't spent a lot of time schmoozing and asking for big money and going to cocktail parties, but I've spent many a night in the operating room -- cold, sterile place with a little child's life on the line working very hard to preserve that, you know, it's a very different kind of experience.
Translations for sterile
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- عقيمArabic
- estèrilCatalan, Valencian
- sterilní, neplodnýCzech
- sterilDanish
- unfruchtbar, sterilGerman
- estérilSpanish
- steriiliFinnish
- stérileFrench
- बाँझHindi
- sterilHungarian
- ստերջ, չբեր, ամուլArmenian
- infertile, sterileItalian
- 不妊, 無菌の, 不毛Japanese
- bakteriaqanngitsoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- sterilisLatin
- onvruchtbaar, sterielDutch
- bezpłodnyPolish
- estérilPortuguese
- бесплодный, стерильныйRussian
- sterilSwedish
- மலட்டுTamil
- جراثیم سے پاکUrdu
- vô sinh, vô trùngVietnamese
- 无菌Chinese
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