sterile
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6.2
- adjective
- /ˈstɛrəl/
:
estéril
- The presentation was so sterile that it failed to engage the audience's interest.
- sterile exercise
- sterile environment
- sterile mosquito
I think that HR when I was an employee was a very sterile kind of department.
- I think that HR when I was an employee was a very sterile kind of department.
- There's wonder where if we look, it's it's the opposite of of sterile, rational, cold, analytical thinking.
- I would filter at filter my thoughts and put out content that was, for lack of a better word, sterile, homogenized.
- It's more social, you know, you just sit in your office and write and you, you end up feeling sterile.
- And when it comes down to it, it's a cold, sterile, unhealthy place, you understand, with unhealthy characters everywhere.
- You know, not as some kind of sterile corporate grid, but you know, with angles and curves that really force us into contact with with one another.
Examples
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I think that HR when I was an employee was a very sterile kind of department.
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Okay, well, I read that it's good to have a birth plan, and I read some basic ones, and they are just so sterile.
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I know, but just add some green to our otherwise very sterile White House.
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It's a little sterile for you.
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"The Valleys are not nearly as sterile as once believed," Wall says.
Academic text (2008) -
Suddenly the trip didn't look so sterile and cold after all.
Fiction book (1999) -
You know, everything's so sterile.
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Most other museums focus on storing objects in as sterile an environment as possible.
Academic text (2004) -
They feel that it is quite sterile and it is something that lacks a little bit of its own vibe.
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Not the ordered, sterile paradise of the picnic, but an earthly land of plenty.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
32
3.1
Not new or interesting because of repetition
31
2.8
A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features
30
6.1
Dull and showing little energy
24
4.8
Not giving the results you want
21
7.2
Used so often that it feels boring
21
3.8
Not giving useful or wanted results
20
1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
19
3.6
Without energy or interest and making people feel bored
17
7.3
Having little taste and being boring
17
7.1
Not having special or interesting features so it does not stand out
16
7.9
Not interesting or lively and often boring
14
4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
11
5.3
Having no useful ideas or emotion
9
4.2
Does not show creativity or new ideas
8
7.9
Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement
8
3.4
Not new or creative like ideas you have heard before
7
3.5
Not interesting or exciting
5
8.1
Having no real meaning or importance
3
3.2
Not interesting or exciting
2
4.3
Not having new ideas or ways of doing things
1
7.1
Not creative or adventurous, often plain and boring
1
5.8
Having nothing special or interesting
1
5.8
Not showing new ideas or imagination
1
7.6
Something that is not lively and seems dull and without energy
Showing no original ideas or creativity
Not new or creative
Not interesting and showing little imagination
Boring because it uses words or ideas people hear many times
Dull and showing little energy or interest
Not made more interesting or exciting
Not causing strong feelings or interest
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.9
A completely clean place with no bacteria or germs, used in surgery and labs
How Creative
165
5.5
250
3.6
772
3.3
14
4.0
23
6.2
26
7.2
21
7.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sterile comes from the old Latin word sterilis, which meant 'barren' or 'unable to bear fruit'. Like a field that cannot grow crops, something called sterile is empty and unproductive, so critics use it for work that lacks imagination.