sterility, infecundity†; masturbation; impotence &c 158;
unprofitableness &c (inutility) 645.
waste, desert, Sahara, wild, wilderness, howling wilderness.
V. be unproductive &c adj.; hang fire, flash in the pan, come to
nothing.
[make unproductive] sterilize, addle; disable, inactivate.
Adj. unproductive, acarpous†, inoperative, barren, addled, infertile,
unfertile, unprolific†, arid, sterile, unfruitful, infecund†; sine
prole; fallow; teemless†, issueless†, fruitless; unprofitable &c
(useless) 645; null and void, of no effect.