unfertilized
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Ghost most recently laid unfertilized eggs because she did not have a mate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
He assumed the eggs were unfertilized until one night in February, when, while cleaning the tank, he picked one up and examined it closely.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Its biggest lesson now is on the process of parthenogenesis: a type of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop from unfertilized eggs, meaning there is no genetic contribution by a male.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
That explains why Margenot's team found phosphorus and nitrogen leaching were significantly lower under struvite than MAP, comparable to natural leaching measured in unfertilized soils.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
A tilled, fertilized, watered, weeded garden provides growing conditions very different from those on a dry, unfertilized hillside.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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