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barren

noun

1 barren

An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation:
— The barrens of central Africa.

synonyms: waste, wasteland.

Dutch: rimboe, woestenij
Polish: nieużytek

adjective

1 barren

Providing no shelter or sustenance:
— Barren lands.

synonyms: bare, bleak, desolate, stark.

Roget 169: unproductive, acarpous, inoperative, barren, addled, infertile, unfertile, unprolific, arid, sterile, unfruitful, infecund; sine prole; fallow; ... show more

2 barren

Not bearing offspring.

3 barren

Completely wanting or lacking:
— Writing barren of insight.

synonyms: destitute, devoid, free, innocent.

Roget 187: absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home; missing; lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistence etc. ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abortive, acarpous, arid, bare, blah, bland, blank, bleached, bleak, bloodless, bootless, celibate, characterless, childless, clear, cold, colorless, counterproductive, dead, depleted ... show more.

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