adjective
infertile
in-FER-tul/ɪnˈfɜːrtl/
Unable to produce or sustain new living growth.
The seedling struggles to grow in the dry, infertile soil.
Etymology
The pieces mean “not fruitful or productive.” Fruitfulness covers both producing offspring and yielding crops, so its negation applies naturally to reproductive inability and land that cannot support growth.
In context
it would not be able to produce offspring due to being infertile
More examples
- Some medical treatments can make a person infertile.
- The farmer replaces the infertile bull.
- An infertile egg cannot develop into a chick.
Forms
infertile
infertility noun — Inability to reproduce or support living growth.