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

Three years of unfruitfulness through almost the whole of Europe had been followed by a commercial crisis, which threatened the town with entire destruction. 

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida

Again, too much very young and too much old wood are causes of unfruitfulness.

From Success with Small Fruits by Roe, Edward Payson

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

"The willows," he says, "bow themselves to every wind, out of shame for their unfruitfulness."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various