Barren

noun

/ˈbæɹən/

Word Frequency: 4.0

Definitions

1.nounAn area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.

"The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit."

2.adjectiveUnable 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?"

3.adjectiveOf poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.

4.adjectiveBleak.

5.adjectiveUnproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

6.adjectiveMentally dull; stupid.

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