sterile
adj 1: not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in
his marriage that he was sterile" [syn: {barren}]
2: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological
microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic
surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques" [syn:
{aseptic}]
3: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of
invention:i "a sterile ideology lacking in originality";
"unimaginative development of a musical theme";
"uninspired writing" [syn: {unimaginative}, {uninspired},
{uninventive}]