unfertilised

1. 1.

   not having been fertilized

   “an unfertilized egg”

   Synonymsunfertilizedunimpregnated

   Similarsterile

Questions about unfertilised

What does unfertilised mean?

unfertilised means "not having been fertilized".

How many syllables are in unfertilised?

unfertilised has 4 syllables: un-fer-tili-sed. The stress falls on "fer".

What is another word for unfertilised?

Close synonyms include unfertilized, unimpregnated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unfertilised a common word?

unfertilised is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.