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sterile   (TTS Sound)

The adj sterile has 3 senses

• sterile, unfertile, infertile -- (incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple")


• aseptic, sterile -- (free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques")


• sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive -- (deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing")