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neuter

/ˈnjuːtə/

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noun

An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
(grammar) The neuter gender.
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
(grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.

To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
To rid of sexuality.
To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.

Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.
"a neuter noun"
(grammar) Intransitive.
"a neuter verb"
Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.
Sexless, nonsexual.

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