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barren
[ bar-uhn ]
adjective
- not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile:
a barren woman.
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- unproductive; unfruitful:
barren land.
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- without capacity to interest or attract:
a barren period in American architecture.
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- mentally unproductive; dull; stupid.
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- not producing results; fruitless:
a barren effort.
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- destitute; bereft; lacking (usually followed by of ):
barren of tender feelings.
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noun
- Usually barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
barren
/ ˈæə /
adjective
- incapable of producing offspring, seed, or fruit; sterile
a barren tree
- unable to support the growth of crops, etc; unproductive; bare
barren land
- lacking in stimulation or ideas; dull
a rather barren play
- not producing worthwhile results; unprofitable
a barren period in a writer's life
- foll by of totally lacking (in); devoid (of)
his speech was barren of wit
- (of rock strata) having no fossils
Derived Forms
- ˈԲԱ, noun
- ˈԱ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ۱· adverb
- ۱·Ա noun
- ܲ·۱ adjective
- un·۱· adverb
- un·۱·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of barren1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of barren1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Heard Island, though, is barren, icy and completely uninhabited - home to Australia's largest and only active volcano, Big Ben, and mostly covered by glaciers.
These extremely remote islands about 1,000 miles north of Antarctica consist mostly of barren tundra.
We tend to think of the moon as little more than a barren rock, but it’s very, very dusty.
Standing in the barren living room of an unfurnished Hollywood rental, my husband and I should have collapsed in relief.
The roads are long and lonely, cutting through barren hills and desert.
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