Definition of barren

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Barren (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile..

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Inhospitable :: Inhospitable (a.) Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
Barrenness :: Barrenness (n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
Sterile :: Sterile (a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..
Infecund :: Infecund (a.) Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Unfertile :: Unfertile (a.) Not fertile; infertile; barren.
Barren :: Barren (n.) A tract of barren land.
Barrenwort :: Barrenwort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific..
Barren :: Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
Infertile :: Infertile (a.) Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil..
Meagreness :: Meagreness (n.) The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
Arid :: Arid (a.) Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
Barrenly :: Barrenly (adv.) Unfruitfully; unproductively.
Sterility :: Sterile (a.) Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author..
Harvestless :: Harvestless (a.) Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
Barren :: Barren (a.) Mentally dull; stupid.
Overbarren :: Overbarren (a.) Excessively barren.
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage..
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