infertile

adj
/ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)taɪl/UK/ɪnˈfɝtɪl/US

Etymology

From Middle French infertile, from Late Latin infertilis.

  1. derived from infertilis
  2. derived from infertile

Definitions

  1. Not fertile.

    • The soil was too infertile to grow crops.
    • The couple sought medical advice for infertile conditions.
    • Deserts are often infertile and unable to support vegetation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at infertile. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01infertile02fertile03abundant04copious05exuberant06proliferative07proliferate08increase09fruitful10barren

A definitional loop anchored at infertile. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at infertile

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA