Sterile

a.	1.	Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.
	2.	(Biol.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.
	3.	Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

Adj.	1.	sterile - incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" Synonyms: infertile, unfertile Antonyms: fertile - capable of reproducing
	2.	sterile - free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques" Synonyms: aseptic
	3.	sterile - deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing" Synonyms: unimaginative, uninventive, uninspired

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