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Free from germs or bacteria

Not able to produce children or young

(of land or soil) Barren or not suited to producing crops

Lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement

Not producing the intended effect or result

Boring or severely lacking in interest

(of a landscape) Desolate and barren

That has been cooked by baking

(of farmland) Plowed and harrowed, but left for a period without being sown

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Adjective

Free from germs or bacteria

spotlessly clean

completely clean

as clean as a whistle

in perfect condition

in mint condition

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

in tiptop condition

brand-spanking new

without a scratch

as sound as a bell

revitalising^UK

revitalizing^US

neat as a button

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“Specimens should be collected with a sterile needle and syringe.”

Adjective

Not able to produce children or young

nonreproductive

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“One of the most vexing problems of gynecology is the management of a sterile couple and, in particular, where no definite cause is found.”

Adjective

(of land or soil) Barren or not suited to producing crops

nonreproductive

without living things

poverty-stricken

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“The sturdy roots dug deep into unyielding rocks and drew nourishment from the seemingly sterile soil.”

Adjective

Lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement

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“On the other hand, exemplary technique and theory without the emotional connections that great theater can bring will result in a sterile performance.”

Adjective

Not producing the intended effect or result

inconsequential

counterproductive

in vicious circle

without success

nickel-and-dime

not worth a hill of beans

without rhyme or reason

no good to gundy

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“It is nothing but a perpetual, eternally sterile attempt at redemption.”

Adjective

Boring or severely lacking in interest

run-of-the-mill

lacking variety

dull as ditchwater

lacking variation

nothing to write home about

dull as dishwater

middle-of-the-road

soul-destroying

non-stimulating

run of the mill

lacking excitement

lacking interest

common or garden

undistinguished

no great shakes

fair-to-middling

run-of-the-mine

fair to middling

unexceptionable

nothing special

par for the course

standardized^US

standardised^UK

inconsequential

nothing to get excited about

sufficiently good

moderately good

matter-of-course

unobjectionable

unsophisticated

nothing out of the ordinary

of no consequence

past their sell-by date

of poor quality

blending into the background

straightforward

unextraordinary

readily available

widely available

nothing to shout about

barely adequate

well established

of little consequence

of little importance

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

recognizable^US

matter-of- fact

one-size-fits-all

recognisable^UK

without variety

across the board

neither one thing nor the other

puts one to sleep

flat as pancake

better than nothing

only to be expected

individualistic

taken for granted

tried and tested

completely understandable

middle of the road

cheap and commonplace

behind the scenes

out of the spotlight

out of the public eye

out of the limelight

in the background

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Adjective

(of a landscape) Desolate and barren

without vegetation

open to the elements

nonreproductive

without living things

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Adjective

That has been cooked by baking

Adjective

Useless

Adjective

(of farmland) Plowed and harrowed, but left for a period without being sown

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