barren
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/ˈbæɹən/
English
Definitions
noun
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.“The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.”
adjective
- Unable to bear children; sterile.“I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?”
- Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.
- Bleak.
- Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
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Synonyms
sterileinfertileunfruitfulchildlessinhospitableunfertilebaredesolatewastelandbleakdeadstarkwastefruitlessunproductivedry