barren
Noun
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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
Adjective
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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
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Not bearing offspring (synset 301006065)
"a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
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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
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