barrenadjective
uk/ˈbær.ən/us/ˈber.ən/unable to produce plants or fruit:
We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
formal unable to have children or young animals
not creating or producing anything new:
She became very depressed during the barren years when she was unable to paint.
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Fertile or infertile land
- bread basket
- cultivable
- denude
- exuberant
- fallow
- fertile
- fertility
- granary
- hospitable
- hostile
- infertile
- luscious
- lush
- luxuriant
- marginal land
- overgrown
- rank
- rich
- sterile
- verdant
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barrenness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbær.ən.nəs/us/ˈber.ən.nəs/