barren

Noun
  1. An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (synset 108521615)
    "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
    is a type of: wild, wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
    subtypes: heath, heathland - a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
    same as: waste, wasteland
Adjective
  1. Providing no shelter or sustenance (synset 301245624)
    "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
    similar to: inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth
    same as: bare, bleak, desolate, stark
  2. Not bearing offspring (synset 301006065)
    "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
    similar to: infertile, sterile, unfertile - incapable of reproducing
  3. Completely wanting or lacking (synset 300931219)
    "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
    similar to: nonexistent - not having existence or being or actuality
    same as: destitute, devoid, free, innocent

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