Synonyms for sterile
ˈstɛr ɪl; esp. Brit. -aɪlster·ile

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1. sterileadjective

   Synonyms:
   barren, infertile

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1. sterile

   Synonyms:
   barren, unfruitful, unproductive, desert, infertile

   Antonyms:
   fruitful, fertile, productive, luxuriant, exuberant, cultivated

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1. sterile, unfertile, infertileadjective

   incapable of reproducing

   "an infertile couple"

   Synonyms:
   uninspired, uninventive, unfertile, unimaginative, infertile, aseptic

   Antonyms:
   rank, conceptive, fecund, impregnable, originative, fertilizable, septic, fertile, infected, creative

2. aseptic, sterileadjective

   free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms

   "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"

   Synonyms:
   uninspired, unfertile, uninventive, unimaginative, infertile, aseptic

   Antonyms:
   septic, rank, impregnable, infected, creative, conceptive, fertile, fecund, originative, fertilizable

3. sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventiveadjective

   deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

   "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

   Synonyms:
   uninventive, stereotypical, stereotyped, stereotypic, aseptic, unimaginative, unfertile, infertile, uninspired

   Antonyms:
   conceptive, fecund, infected, creative, fertilizable, septic, rank, originative, impregnable, fertile

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1. sterileadjective

   Synonyms:
   barren, unfruitful, fruitless, unproductive, unprolific, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS, jejune, poor

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1. sterileadjective

   Synonyms:
   barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful, unprolific

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1. List of paraphrases for "sterile":

   barren, infertile, fruitless, tailings, unproductive, germ-free, futile, non-viable, rock, unhelpful, sterility

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1. Samuel Rodriques:

   Normally, nanotechnology uses very expensive technology and requires sterile rooms... but we didn't have to do that because of this scaffold that we used which protects the materials.

2. Maya Angelou:

   A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

3. Shanna Miko:

   If we can just do something as simple as boiling water or using sterile distilled water to reduce the risk, that’s something we’d like to share with people.

4. Thomas Farley:

   We have n’t seen a public health emergency like this in the last century, it’s time for us to rethink our assumptions, and consider options we had n’t seen before. Unlike similar efforts by other cities, the injection sites would not need City Council approval because they would be privately run. Drug-related overdose deaths began to spoke in 2015 with the presence of fetanyl, according to Philadelphia Public Health. ( Fox News) The sites would give drug addicts a safe haven to shoot up and would offer sterile injection equipment, including needles, and Naloxone. Fox News would also give referrals to treatment centers, social services clinics and wound care facilities. The idea comes as a paradigm shift in the nation’s effort to stem the tide of opioid-related deaths.Seattle and New York have been among places that have mulled similar measures, but the efforts stalled because of either legal or bureaucratic hurdles. Canada and Europe have operated similar types of facilities for the last few decades.

5. Joe Ramirez:

   Safety and sanitation is our primary job, there are a lot of things that can happen with wine because it’s an organic product -- microbiological things. The environment needs to be sterile. That’s why stainless steel is important.