Sterile (adjective)

1. Not capable of producing offspring.
2. Not able to produce or generate anything new or creative.

Origin:

Late middle english: via old french from latin sterilis, from steril- "barren", from the verb sistere "to make stand still". the original sense was "barren, not producing offspring", later "not producing fruit or seed", also "not capable of reproducing".

Examples:

1. The patient was rendered sterile after the operation.
2. The desert was a sterile environment, with no life.
3. The soil was too sterile to support any kind of plant growth.
4. The lab equipment was sterile and free of contaminants.
5. The meeting was sterile, with no new ideas or solutions being discussed.