barren

bar-ren · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (Of land) too poor to produce much vegetation; unproductive.

  2. 2.

    (Of a woman or female animal) unable to bear young; infertile.

  3. 3.

    Lacking in something; empty or devoid.

  4. 4.

    (Usually plural) A barren tract of land.

Related words

Antonyms: fertile, fruitful, productive
See also: desolate, infertile, sterile
Synonyms: desolate, infertile, sterile, unproductive

Etymology

From Old French baraigne ("sterile, barren"), of uncertain origin.