unfruitfulness

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Ster′iliser, anything which sterilises; Steril′ity, quality of being sterile: unfruitfulness, barrenness, in regard to reproduction.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The desire for children is natural both to men and women, and in the home, as in universal nature, unfruitfulness and barrenness are a great misfortune.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus

It was a waste place of terrible unfruitfulness.

From The Odds And Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

With our unfruitfulness in works after the old style, the taste for these works proportionately increases.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

In financial matters he had little experience or authority; he had to depend on his colleagues and he complained of their unfruitfulness.

From Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by Headlam, James Wycliffe