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sterile

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Adjective

  1. Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
  2. Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
  3. Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
  4. Germless; free from all living or viable 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. Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.

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