07-10-2012, 05:48 AM
"• STERILE (adjective)
The adjective STERILE has 3 senses:
1. incapable of reproducing
2. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
3. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
Familiarity information: STERILE used as an adjective is uncommon."
Sterile doesn't mean it hasn't got waste or sharp debris lying around, and I didn't mean it literally anyway, I kind of meant to imply it was unimaginative - boring and barren, lifeless save for people, and they don't come from the beach itself.
"1.
bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
2.
cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.
3.
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future. "
As you can see, bleak also has multiple meanings, and at least two apply to this setting. It is a depressing beach, and mostly bare of people. I think you could still say an area is bleak even if a small amount of people were there. Even if I'm wrong in thinking that, I think the third meaning of bleak is still fully appliable.
So I think it does make logical sense.
The adjective STERILE has 3 senses:
1. incapable of reproducing
2. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
3. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
Familiarity information: STERILE used as an adjective is uncommon."
Sterile doesn't mean it hasn't got waste or sharp debris lying around, and I didn't mean it literally anyway, I kind of meant to imply it was unimaginative - boring and barren, lifeless save for people, and they don't come from the beach itself.
"1.
bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
2.
cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.
3.
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future. "
As you can see, bleak also has multiple meanings, and at least two apply to this setting. It is a depressing beach, and mostly bare of people. I think you could still say an area is bleak even if a small amount of people were there. Even if I'm wrong in thinking that, I think the third meaning of bleak is still fully appliable.
So I think it does make logical sense.