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беспло́дный — meaning in English

besplodnyy

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English meaning

  • barren adj Not producing crops, plants, or life; unproductive land.
  • fruitless adjective Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.
  • futile adjective Producing no useful result; pointless or doomed to fail.
  • infertile adj Not able to produce offspring, crops, or fruit.
  • otiose adj Having no effect.
  • sterile adjective Free from all living germs and microorganisms.
  • stillborn adj Dead at the moment of birth.
  • vain adj Excessively proud of one's own looks or achievements.

Senses

беспло́дный is used for these senses in English:

  • barren (of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
  • barren (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
  • fruitless Bearing no fruit; barren.
  • fruitless (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
  • futile Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
  • infertile Not fertile.
  • otiose Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
  • sterile (uncomparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

barren — full definition

  1. adj Not producing crops, plants, or life; unproductive land.
  2. adj Lacking in interest, ideas, or results.
  3. adj (dated, of a person or animal) Unable to have children or offspring.

fruitless — full definition

  1. adjective Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.
  2. adjective Bearing no fruit.

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