I think it’s less about being a “bad” word and more about not injecting a bit of bias in before the reader even gets to the article. HN is big on “sterile” titl

I think it’s less about being a “bad” word and more about not injecting a bit of bias in before the reader even gets to the article. HN is big on “sterile” titles. I believe this falls under “gratuitous adjectives” in the guidelines.