Synonyms: unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive, sterile
Definition: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
Usage: a sterile ideology lacking in originality; unimaginative development of a musical theme; uninspired writing
Synonyms: unfertile, sterile, infertile
Definition: incapable of reproducing
Usage: an infertile couple
Similar words: barren
Definition: not bearing offspring
Usage: a barren woman; learned early in his marriage that he was sterile
Similar words: sterilised, sterilized
Definition: made infertile
Similar words: unfertilised, unfertilized, unimpregnated
Definition: not having been fertilized
Usage: an unfertilized egg
Definition: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
Usage: a sterile operating area; aseptic surgical instruments; aseptic surgical techniques
Similar words: antiseptic
Definition: thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
Usage: doctors in antiseptic green coats; the antiseptic effect of alcohol; it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities