Nonfertile

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not fertile. not-comparable

    ""It is important to stop with the reputation that arid land is nonfertile, useless land," said Professor Appelbaum, who pioneered the concept of desert aquaculture in Israel in the late 1980s. ""

Example

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""It is important to stop with the reputation that arid land is nonfertile, useless land," said Professor Appelbaum, who pioneered the concept of desert aquaculture in Israel in the late 1980s. ""

Etymology

From non- + fertile.

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