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Adjective: barren (barrener,barrenest)  ber-un [N. Amer], ba-run [Brit]
  1. Having little or no vegetation; lifeless
    "barren lands";
    - bare, bleak, desolate, stark
     
  2. (of soil or land) unproductive, unable to support plant growth
    "A barren desert landscape";
    - infertile, unfertile
     
  3. Completely wanting or lacking
    "writing barren of insight";
    - destitute, devoid, free, innocent, empty
     
  4. [archaic] Not bearing offspring
    "a barren woman"
Noun: barren  ber-un [N. Amer], ba-run [Brit]
  1. An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
    "the barrens of central Africa";
    - waste, wasteland

Sounds like: baron

Derived forms: barrener, barrens, barrenest

See also: inexistent [rare], infertile, inhospitable, nonexistent, sterile, unfertile

Type of: wild, wilderness

Encyclopedia: Barren, Missouri