1. Brought forth prematurely.
2. Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage
ETYM Latin abortivus, from aboriri. Related to Abort.
Failing to accomplish an intended result; SYN. stillborn, unsuccessful.
Synonyms: stillborn · unfruitful · unsuccessful
ETYM Old Eng. barein, Old Fren. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, French bréhaigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. brékhañ, markhañ, sterile; Late Lat. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.
(Homonym: baron).
1. Incapable of sustaining life.
2. Not bearing offspring; SYN. sterile.
3. Not fertile or productive; SYN. infertile.
ETYM Old Fren. costevé, p. p. of costever, French constiper, Latin constipare to press closely together, to cram; con- + stipare to press together, cram. Related to Stipulate, Stiff, Constipate.
Retarding evacuation of feces.
Affected with or causing constipation; constipated.
Synonyms: binding · constipating
ETYM Latin effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. Related to Fetus.
1. Marked by self-indulgence or triviality.
2. Incapable of efficient action; no longer productive.
3. Worn out with age; exhausted of energy.
4. No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth.
Weak or worn-out; degenerate.
Degenerated; sterile; worn-out.
1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring.
2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; unprofitable.
Synonyms: bootless · futile · sleeveless · unproductive · vain
Person who does no work; SYN. loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum.
Synonyms: bu · do-nothing · layabout · loafer
ETYM Latin infertilis: cf. French infertile. Related to In- not, and Fertile.
Incapable of reproducing; SYN. unfertile.
Synonyms: barren · impotent · sterile · sterilised · sterilized · unfertile · unfertilised · unfertilized · unfruitful · unimpregnated · unproductive
ETYM Latin jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of unknown origin.
1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
2. Puerile, immature.
3. Lacking interest or significance; dull or insipid; dry; empty.
4. Empty; sterile; dry; naive; immature.
Synonyms: adolescent · immature · insipid · insubstantial · juvenile · puerile · uninteresting · unwholesome
ETYM Latin nugatorius, from nugari to trifle, nugae jests, trifles.
1. Lacking legal force; SYN. null, void.
2. Of no real value.
Inconsequential; inoperative; futile; trifling.
Futile; powerless; null; nugacious.
Synonyms: worthless
ETYM French stérile, Latin sterilis, akin to Greek stereos stiff, solid, steiros barren, steira a cow that has not calved, Goth. stairô, fem., barren. Related to Stare to gaze.
Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention:i; SYN. unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive.
Synonyms: antiseptic · aseptic · barren · impotent · infertile · sterilised · sterilized · uncreative · unfertile · unfertilised · unfertilized · unfruitful · unimaginative · unimpregnated · uninspired · uninventive · unproductive
ETYM Old Eng. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, drîta to dung, od. drijten to dung, as. gedrîtan.
The state of being covered with unclean things; SYN. filth, grime, soil, stain, grease.
A filthy or soiling substance (as mud, dust, or grime) c archaic; something worthless.
A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.
Gas that occurs in coal mines and is explosive when mixed with air in certain proportions. It consists chiefly of methane (CH4, natural gas or marsh gas) but always contains small quantities of other gases, such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen, and sometimes ethane and carbon monoxide.
Worthless rock in which valuable metals occur; rock or earth yielding ore. The part of an ore deposit that is not itself economically valuable; for example, calcite may occur as a gangue mineral with galena.
Emptily; in an unproductive manner, infertilely
Female sterility.
The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.
Synonyms: aridity · fruitlessness
Exhaustion, state of being worn out