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Antonyms for in fertile
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-fur-tl or, esp. British, -tahyl |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfɜr tl or, esp. British, -taɪl |
- adequate
- affluent
- ample
- beneficial
- big
- capable
- cheerful
- chubby
- contaminated
- copious
- cultivated
- damp
- developing
- dirty
- effective
- effectual
- enough
- fat
- fecund
- fertile
- filled
- fortunate
- fresh
- fruitful
- full
- generous
- great
- growing
- happy
- healthy
- heavy
- helpful
- important
- inhabited
- large
- liberal
- lucky
- moist
- plentiful
- plenty
- plump
- populated
- potent
- productive
- profitable
- prolific
- rich
- significant
- strong
- substantial
- successful
- sufficient
- superior
- thick
- tireless
- unclean
- unsanitary
- unsterile
- useful
- valuable
- wealthy
- wet
- wide
- working
- worthwhile
Definition of in fertile
Origin :- 1590s, from French infertile (late 15c.), from Late Latin infertilis "unfruitful," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + fertilis (see fertile).
- As in infertile : adj not bearing fruit, young
- As in lean : adj bare, thin
- As in meager : adj small, inadequate; poor
- As in poor : adj weak, unfertile
- As in barren : adj unable to support growth
- As in sterile : adj unproductive, clean
- As in unproductive : adj idle, nonproductive
- As in unfruitful : adj barren
- As in unfruitful : adj not fruitful
- As in childless : adj barren
- As in sanitized : adj sterile
- As in scant : adj meager
- As in uncreative : adj sterile
- As in uninventive : adj sterile
- As in desert : adj barren, uncultivated
- As in effete : adj unproductive
- As in fruitless : adj bringing no advantage, product
Synonyms for in fertile
- abortive
- acarpous
- angular
- anorexic
- antiseptic
- arid
- aseptic
- bare
- barren
- beanpole
- bleak
- bony
- dead
- decontaminated
- deficient
- depleted
- desert
- desolate
- disinfected
- drained
- dry
- effete
- emaciated
- empty
- exhausted
- exiguous
- fallow
- feeble
- flimsy
- fruitless
- futile
- gainless
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- germ-free
- haggard
- hygienic
- idle
- impaired
- imperfect
- impotent
- impoverished
- in vain
- inadequate
- inappreciable
- inconsiderable
- indisposed
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- infecund
- infertile
- infirm
- insubstantial
- insufficient
- lank
- lanky
- little
- lonely
- meager
- mere
- minimum
- miserable
- no fat
- nonproductive
- paltry
- parched
- pasteurized
- pitiful
- pointless
- poor
- profitless
- puny
- rangy
- rawboned
- sanitary
- scant
- scanty
- scraggy
- scrawny
- scrimp
- scrimpy
- septic
- shabby
- shadow
- short
- sick
- sinewy
- skimp
- skimpy
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- slim
- solitary
- spare
- sparse
- spinning one's wheels
- sterile
- sterilized
- stick
- stilt
- stingy
- stringy
- subtle
- svelte
- sylphlike
- tenuous
- thin
- to no avail
- to no effect
- too little too late
- trivial
- twiggy
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unbearing
- uncreative
- uncultivable
- unfertile
- unfinished
- unfruitful
- unimaginative
- uninfected
- uninhabited
- uninspired
- uninventive
- unoriginal
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unprolific
- unrewarding
- unsuccessful
- untilled
- useless
- vain
- wanting
- waste
- wasted
- weak
- wild
- wild goose chase
- wiry
- without issue
- wizened
- worn
- worthless
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