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sterility sterility /stəˈrɪl.ɪ.ti/ aep /-ə.t̬i/ noun [U]
1 F0 (in animals and people) the condition of being unable to produce young, or (in plants) the condition of being unable to produce plants or crops Thesaurus+: ↑Animal reproductionThesaurus+: ↑Plant pathology2 F0 the state of having no imagination, new ideas, or energy: » Over a bottle of wine, we shared our despair over the emotional sterility of our marriages.Thesaurus+: ↑Boredom, tedium and boring things |