INFERTILE


Meaning of INFERTILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnfɜ:(r)taɪl, AM -t(ə)l ]

1.

A person or animal that is infertile is unable to produce babies.

According to one survey, one woman in eight is infertile.

≠ fertile

ADJ

• in‧fer‧til‧ity

Male infertility is becoming commonplace.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Infertile soil is of poor quality so that plants cannot grow in it.

The polluted waste is often dumped, making the surrounding land infertile.

≠ fertile

ADJ

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