infertile

Unable to conceive

Infertile means unable to produce offspring or support growth.

Infertile couples struggle to conceive children; infertile soil won't sustain crops.

The word applies to people, animals, land, or ideas that fail to bear fruit: The negotiations proved infertile.

In medicine, infertility typically means inability to conceive after a year of trying.

land

barren

Unable to produce

blighted · inhospitable · arid · desert · rocky · windswept · sere · dustbowl · badlands · hardscrabble

reproductive

conception

Formation of an idea

impotent · endometriosis · polycystic · amenorrhea · reproductive · gynecology · andrology · IVF · sperm count · egg quality

figurative

fruitless

Producing no useful outcome

sterile · ineffective · unsuccessful · unyielding · pointless · unrewarding · uncreative · uninspired · stagnant · empty

soil

barren

Unable to produce

nutrient-poor · salinity · erosion · degraded · leached · waterlogged · compacted · arid · fallow · uncultivable

Categories
Opposites
reproductive capacity

infertilefertile

Able to reproduce abundantly

fecund · potent · prolific · pregnant · impregnated

agricultural productivity

infertilefertile

Able to reproduce abundantly

arable · productive · rich · tillable · fruitful

creative/intellectual productivity

infertileproductive

Generating useful output

creative · prolific · fruitful · fertile · generative

Phrases
Family

infertility

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