unfertile

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNFER'TILE, adjective 1. Not fertile; not rich; not having the qualities necessary to the production of good crops. 2. Barren; unfruitful; bare; waste. 3. Not prolific. [This word is not obsolete, but infertile is much used instead of it.]
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