sterile

1. (not comparable)Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

   unfruchtbar

   беспло́дныйbesplódnyj

   безплі́днийbezplídnyj, яки́й не мо́же ма́ти діте́йjakýj ne móže máty ditéj, стери́льнийsterýlʹnyj

2. (figuratively)Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.

3. (figuratively)Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.

4. Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

   a sterile kitchen table

   steril

   стери́льныйsterílʹnyj

   стери́льнийsterýlʹnyj

   free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms

5. Permanently uninhabitable (as in a planet like Earth) to all life, including even microbes.

6. Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.

7. (US)Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.

1. Mars is a sterile frozen world.

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2. I cannot get pregnant. I am sterile.

   ruЯ не могу забеременеть. Я бесплодна.

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3. She is sterile, she cannot have children.

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4. He has no children, he's probably sterile.

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5. He has no descendants, he's likely sterile.

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