ETYM French stérile, Latin sterilis, akin to Greek stereos stiff, solid, steiros barren, steira a cow that has not calved, Goth. stairô, fem., barren. Related to Stare to gaze.
Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention:i; SYN. unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive.
Jalov, neplodan, suv, mršav, oskudan, siromašan; uzaludan, beskoristan, nesposoban, neodržljiv; med. oslobođen od zaraznih klica (zavojni materijal, hirurški instrumenti i sl.).