The lack of a natural physical or physiological capacity (in quot. 1200 spec. the inability to become pregnant). Cf. kind, n. 5.

= barrenness, n.

Incapacity for child-bearing; sterility as regards offspring. The opposite of fertility.

Infertility.

Incapacity for producing offspring (chiefly said of the female).

(un-, prefix1 affix 6; cf. unfruitfully, adv.)

Unfruitfulness; barrenness. literal and figurative.

figurative.

The quality or condition of being infertile; unfruitfulness, unproductiveness, barrenness.

Reduced or impaired fertility; production of fewer offspring than is normal or average (for a population, species, etc.).