a. [ L. infertilis: cf. F. infertile. See In- not, and Fertile. ] Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; unable to propagate its kind; as, an infertile soil; an infertile hybrid; -- of living things and of soil or land. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
[やせる, yaseru](v1, vi) (1) (uk) to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim; (2) to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile; (P)[Add to Longdo]