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unfertilized

British  
/ ʌnˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. (of an animal, plant, or egg cell) not fertilized

    an unfertilized ovum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The procedure begins with the harvesting of unfertilized eggs from a woman’s ovaries.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2024

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

About 87% of eggs laid in the United States are unfertilized table eggs, according to the Department of Agriculture; the United Egg Producers said 92.6 billion table eggs were produced in 2022.

From Seattle Times Mar. 31, 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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