infertile

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1. Not fertile.

   The soil was too infertile to grow crops.

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   The couple sought medical advice for infertile conditions.

   Deserts are often infertile and unable to support vegetation.

   The soil was so infertile that most vegetation could hardly survive, but the area was an orchid paradise.

   1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 553

   Sometimes hormone therapy does the trick, but many infertile couples require more sophisticated manipulation of sperm and eggs.

   2002 April 15, Laura Bradford, “Three Ways To Give Nature A Helping Hand”, in TIME, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2011