sterile

Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.

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

Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

a sterile kitchen table

Permanently uninhabitable (as in a planet like Earth) to all life, including even microbes.