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unfertile
adjective
uk /ˌʌnˈfɜː.taɪl/ us /ˌʌnˈfɝː.t̬əl/
Unfertile land or soil is not good enough for plants or crops to grow well there:
These projects show what we could do on this unfertile soil.
The refugees face difficult living conditions on unfertile land.
An unfertile person, animal, or plant cannot have babies, produce young, or produce new plants:
The procedure has enabled many unfertile couples to have a child.
Research has shown that many of the bulls in the herd are unfertile.
He was looking for fertile land as the area was said to be unfertile.
These people have been forced onto unfertile lands.
The erosion left unfertile soils that were not fit for habitation.
This unfertile piece of land seems an unlikely place for growing anything.
A gelding is an unfertile male horse..
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fertile or infertile land
barrenly
barrenness
bottomland
bread basket
cultivable
fertile
fertility
granary
hardscrabble
hospitable
hostile
luscious
lush
lushly
sterile
uncropped
uncultivable
uncultivated
unfertilized
unfruitful
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