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not able to produce offspring, fruit etc; without a productive purpose; producing nothing; free from living germs

unproductive, clean

antiseptic arid barren bleak desolate futile hygienic impotent infertile aseptic bare dead decontaminated desert disinfected dry effete empty fallow fruitless gaunt germ-free infecund pasteurized sanitary septic sterilized unfruitful uninfected unprofitable unprolific vain waste without issue
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1) a surgical operation to make a man sterile (vasectomy)

STERILE as in Wiktionary
STERILE as in Wikipedia