unfertilized
adjective
un·fer·til·ized
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Definition of unfertilized
: not made fertile : not fertilized
an unfertilized egg unfertilized soil
Examples of unfertilized in a Sentence
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Their reproductive system is limited, and females will be carrying far fewer unfertilized eggs in the autumn. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Declining monarch-butterfly populations may be hard to restore," 25 June 2019 For starters, collecting unfertilized eggs is a harrowing business. — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, "How IVF might save northern white rhinos, the world's most endangered species," 4 July 2018 The unfertilized eggs become male drones that do nothing but inseminate the queen—quite literally, flying bags of semen. — Ben Huberman, Longreads, "Changing of the Guard, Bee-Style," 22 Sep. 2017 Waste and unfertilized eggs left by the fish become part of the food chain, and some of the sucker fry swimming back to the lake are gobbled up by northern pike, muskie and great blue herons. — Michael Hawthorne, chicagotribune.com, "Spying on suckers: Volunteers track migrations of native Great Lakes fish," 12 May 2017 This year, a team led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem finally produced haploid human embryonic stem cells by forcing unfertilized egg cells to divide. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "Lab Divides Human Egg Cells," 19 Dec. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unfertilized.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unfertilized
adjective
un·fer·til·ized
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Medical Definition of unfertilized
: not fertilized
an unfertilized egg