unsexed
Stripped of gender
Unsexed means stripped of sexual characteristics, identity, or typical gender attributes.
The word appears in contexts where someone's femininity or masculinity has been removed or suppressed: Lady Macbeth calls on spirits to unsex her.
It can also describe something neutered or made genderless: The uniform unsexed the workers, making them interchangeable.
Deprived of gonads
- spayedOvaries surgically removed
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- geldedSurgically sterilized male animal
- fixedRestored or immovable
desexed · emasculated · sterilized · orchidectomy · ovariectomy · eunuch · clipped · altered
Neither distinctly male nor female
- agenderHaving no gender identity
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- gender-neutralWithout sex distinction
undifferentiated · epicene · ungendered · intersex · ambiguous · neuter · two-spirit · gender-fluid
Free from microorganisms
- barrenUnable to produce
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- childlessLacking any offspring
fruitless · unfertile · seedless · unprolific · nonproductive · inoperative
castrated
Deprived of gonads
- spayedOvaries surgically removed
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- geldedSurgically sterilized male animal
fixed · desexed · emasculated · sterilized · orchidectomy · ovariectomy · eunuch · clipped · altered · defeminized
androgynous
Neither distinctly male nor female
- agenderHaving no gender identity
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
gender-neutral · undifferentiated · epicene · ungendered · intersex · ambiguous · neuter · two-spirit · gender-fluid · unisex
sterile
Free from microorganisms
- barrenUnable to produce
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
childless · fruitless · unfertile · seedless · unprolific · nonproductive · inoperative
unsexedintact
Not damaged or altered
whole · unaltered · fertile · unneutered · uncastrated
unsexedsexed
Having biological distinction
sexual · passionate · lustful · libidinous · amorous