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Barren

Adjective

Définitions

1.AdjectiveNot bearing children, childless; hence also 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?"
2.AdjectiveNot bearing seed or fruit.
3.AdjectiveOf poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
4.AdjectiveDevoid, lacking.
5.AdjectiveDevoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
6.AdjectiveUnproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
7.AdjectiveMentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
8.NounAn area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
9.NounIn particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
"The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit."
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