Of an animal: Barren; that has missed having her young, or is not old enough to bear.

Of a woman: Bearing no children; without issue, childless.

Of women or female animals: infertile; sterile. Also as n. Now only of cows and ewes: not bearing young, barren; (also) not giving milk. In later use…

Without offspring, barren.

Barren.

Not fecund, prolific, or fruitful; barren, unproductive.

Not producing offspring; barren.

Not producing fruit; barren, sterile. †Rarely of animals: Not producing offspring, unfruitful.

Not fertile; unfruitful, unproductive, barren, sterile.

Biology. Arrested or imperfect in development; sterile, barren; rudimentary. Cf. abort, v. 3, abortion, n. 3.

Producing no offspring; incapable of producing offspring. (Chiefly said of females.)

Of animals: That has ceased to bring forth offspring. Obsolete.

Lacking its essential character or quality; hollow, empty, barren, unproductive; insipid. Cf. deaf-nettle n. at compounds 2. Now chiefly dialect.

= improlific, adj.

Of an egg: unfertilized. Cf. wind-egg, n. a. Now historical and rare.

Not prolific; unprolific.

Incapable of generating or producing offspring; infertile, barren; (later more generally) not producing many offspring. Also: tending to inhibit or…

(un-, prefix1 affix 4.)

Less than normally fertile; partially fertile; producing fewer offspring than is normal or average (for a population, species, etc.).

Unable to reproduce; sterile; infertile; (also) preventing reproduction. Now historical and rare.

Without eggs.

In various transferred uses of sense 2. Of plants, trees, etc.: Unprolific, not bearing well. Also rarely of birds: Not breeding freely.

That has undergone radiosterilization.