barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive

remand to custody

medicine given to a woman in order to make her barren

a wild parasitic trailing plant which does not bear fruit

the only child is a greater headache than no child

infertility, unproductiveness, barrenness, inability to conceive children, sterility

game, sport, stake, wager of beauty and love

apparently, externally, outwardly, ostensibly, in appearance

to lose a game, to be defeated

a woman who has never given birth to a child is better than one with only one child, something that produces very little is of no use