Word "STERILE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
incapable of reproducing
Synonyms:
infertile, unfertile

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
Synonyms:
aseptic
Examples:
a sterile operating area

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
Synonyms:
unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive
Examples:
a sterile ideology lacking in originality

Crossword Clues for STERILE

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Lifeless street close to here to get one's back up
With no germs Newsday 03 Mar 2024
Lister, 'e is somehow germ-free (7)
Mobster, I learn, essentially unable to create issue
Unproductive aliens over anger
Lister re-used point that's clean The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Barren The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Entirely free of germs Mirror Tea Time 17 Dec 2023
Set of steps, without hesitation, free from germs (7)
Uncontaminated trees swaying around island lake (7)
Uncontaminated, set free over bug The Guardian Cryptic 07 Nov 2023
Like the OR Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2023
Tries out failed service largely devoid of ideas The Telegraph Toughie 11 Jul 2023
Germ-free The Telegraph Quick 02 Jul 2023
Completely free of germs The Times Concise 15 Jun 2023
Like surgical tools Thomas Joseph 21 Mar 2023
Like surgical tools Thomas Joseph 30 Jan 2023
Like the OR Thomas Joseph 01 Sep 2022
Sister I left, somewhat lacking in creativity The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Aug 2022
Unproductive tiler working in Kent?
Lifelessly dull New York Times 14 Jun 2022
Free from bacteria The Times Concise 24 Dec 2021
Like surgical tools Thomas Joseph 08 Nov 2021
Like an operating room, ideally Universal 26 Oct 2021
East Berlin dismisses ban, as it's unproductive Irish Times Crosaire 23 Oct 2021
Larger toilets regularly reviewed and disinfected
Clean some steps to protect Queen The Telegraph Cryptic 27 May 2021
Germ-free Newsday 21 Apr 2021
Unproductive anger after ship's back without navy
Aseptic technique finally evolved with Lister
Clinically clean Wall Street Journal 20 Mar 2021
Beyond clean New York Times 18 Mar 2021
Free from bacteria The Times Concise 12 Jan 2021
Prepared for surgery, in a way The Washington Post 27 Dec 2020
Prepared for surgery, in a way LA Times Daily 27 Dec 2020
Rest lie wounded but uncontaminated The Sun Two Speed 06 Dec 2020
Barren The Sun Two Speed 06 Dec 2020
Unproductive LA Times Daily 20 Sep 2020
Unproductive The Washington Post 20 Sep 2020
Superclean, as surgical tools The Washington Post 13 Sep 2020
Superclean, as surgical tools LA Times Daily 13 Sep 2020
Infertile The Telegraph Quick 15 Jul 2020
50% of iron and steel building is barren
50% of iron and steel building is barren
Infertile The Guardian Speedy 24 May 2020
Steps to keep the Queen uncontaminated
Way anger about English is unproductive The Sun Two Speed 05 Apr 2020
Free from bacteria Universal 03 Mar 2020
Unproductive life's origin in lake under stone The Telegraph Toughie 13 Feb 2020
Squeaky clean, as an operating room LA Times Daily 03 Feb 2020
Squeaky clean, as an operating room The Washington Post 03 Feb 2020
Germ-free Universal 26 Oct 2019
Germ-free and clean
Unable to produce young The Times Concise 30 Jul 2019
East Berlin dismisses ban, as it's unproductive Irish Times Crosaire 20 Apr 2019
Rest lie jumbled but uncontaminated The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2019
Pointless filibuster I leadenly can deliver
Like surgical tools Thomas Joseph 08 Feb 2019
Germ-free
Uncontaminated The Sun Two Speed 20 Dec 2018
Lister re-used point that's clean The Sun Two Speed 20 Dec 2018
Barren The Telegraph Quick 01 Nov 2018
Barren Universal 17 Sep 2018
Lester worked to keep one germ-free The Sun Two Speed 11 Jul 2018
Monarch in step becomes barren The Sun Two Speed 12 Jun 2018
Lacking inspiration, set out to annoy
. Steps outside hospital room for antiseptic
Like surgical tools, hopefully USA Today 28 Apr 2018
Clean, like surgical tools USA Today 15 Apr 2018
Uncontaminated Wall Street Journal 28 Mar 2018
Hesitate about set of steps free from germs The Sun Two Speed 14 Feb 2018
Disinfected, like surgical tools USA Today 09 Feb 2018
Clean, like surgical tools
Barren
Disinfected, like surgical tools
Like surgical tools, hopefully
In second half, Leinster, docile, lacking vitality
Germless, as surgical instruments
Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies The Washington Post 18 Sep 2017
Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies LA Times Daily 18 Sep 2017
Clean and then some The Washington Post 10 Sep 2017
Clean and then some LA Times Daily 10 Sep 2017
Free from bacteria — theatre, ultimately, following new creation of Lister
Like sealed medical supplies LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2017
Like sealed medical supplies The Washington Post 01 Aug 2017
Like the OR Thomas Joseph 05 May 2017
Germ-free Wall Street Journal 10 Jan 2017
Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies
Clean and then some
Like sealed medical supplies
Unproductive
Unproductive anger follows set going wrong The Times Cryptic 23 Dec 2016
Unproductive steps taken to accommodate Queen The Times Cryptic 05 Sep 2016
Unable to have offspring The Times Concise 18 Aug 2016
More than just clean Jonesin 08 Dec 2015
Fruitless series of steps restricting monarch
Germ-free The Telegraph Quick 16 Nov 2015
Plaster I levelled inside is dry The Telegraph Toughie 18 Jun 2015
Aseptic Newsday 15 May 2015
Aseptic
Germ-free
Moving set with needle is unproductive
Producing zip
Like operating rooms
Unimaginative
Like good operating rooms
More than just clean
Listener stirred with no end of emotion — that's how theatre should be
Aseptic
Reptiles, not soft but awkwardly unproductive
Disinfected
Fit to be used in an operating room
Clean and then some
Clinically clean
Without germs
Like most mules
Like most mules
Free from bacteria
Germ-free
Like an unopened Band-Aid
Germ-free
Germ-free
Clinically clean
Fit to be used in an operating room
Germ-free
Hospital-clean
Like operating rooms
Antiseptic
More than just clean
Fruitless
Not being productive
Unproductive
Barren
Barren
Like a mule, usually
Like a mule, usually
Not fruitful
Germ-free
Unproductive
Germ-free
Unfruitful
Like a mule
Germfree
Clinically clean
Barren
Germ-free
"The ___ Cuckoo" (1969)
Like a mule
Ultraclean, as a lab
Germless
Lacking imagination
Lacking vitality
Unfruitful
Aseptic
Not kidding?
Absolutely clean
Aseptic
Arid
Uncreative
Unproductive
Lacking originality
Lacking imagination
Antiseptic
Unyielding
As clean as a doctor's instruments
Barren
Unexciting
Like many labs
Unproductive
Like a mule
Unproductive
Free of germs
Lacking originality
More than dull
Germfree
Hospital-clean
More than clean
"The ___ Cuckoo," Pakula film
Ineffective
Aseptic
Without issue
Useless; ineffective
Like a surgeon's hands
Aseptic.
Unproductive.
Barren.
Unfruitful.
Jejune.
Not effective.
Ineffective.
Lacking in interest.
Useless.
Fruitless.
Barren of ideas.
Free from germs.
Uninspired
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