Acarpous vs. Sterile — What's the Difference?

Producing no fruit; sterile.

Not producing or incapable of producing offspring.

(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.

Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.

Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful

Producing no fruit

Free from live bacteria or other microorganisms

Lacking imagination, creativity, or vitality.

Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless

(uncomparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

(figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.

(figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.

Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.

Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.

Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

Incapable of reproducing;

Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms;

Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention;