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    infertile

    adjective
    adjective
    BrE BrE//ɪnˈfɜːtaɪl//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ɪnˈfɜːrtl//
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  1. 1(of people, animals and plants) not able to have babies or produce young an infertile couple
  2. 2(of land) not able to produce good crops
    3. opposite fertile     Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin infertilis, from in- ‘not’ + fertilis (from ferre ‘to bear’).
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