infertile
pronunciation
How to pronounce infertile in British English:
UK [ɪnˈfɜːtaɪl]
How to pronounce infertile in American English:
US [ɪnˈfɜːrtl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of reproducing
Word Origin
- infertile (adj.)
- 1590s, from French infertile (late 15c.), from Late Latin infertilis "unfruitful," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + fertilis (see fertile).
Example
- 1. It has been estimated that one in eight couples is infertile .
- 2. Make infertile ; of both males and females .
- 3. Thirty years ago the islanders scratched a living from infertile soil , salt pans and fishing .
- 4. Most people would not intentionally insult their infertile friends .
- 5. After the paris peace agreements of 1991 , the united nations tried to plant a multiparty democracy in this infertile soil .