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Barren Common

Barren has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

"the barrens of central Africa"

"the trackless wastes of the desert"

2

An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.

"The wind howled across the barren landscape where no grass grew and not even a single bird dared to land."

Adjective
1

providing no shelter or sustenance

"bare rocky hills"

"barren lands"

"the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"

"the desolate surface of the moon"

"a stark landscape"

2

not bearing offspring

"a barren woman"

"learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"

3

completely wanting or lacking

"writing barren of insight"

"young recruits destitute of experience"

"innocent of literary merit"

"the sentence was devoid of meaning"

4

Unable to bear children; sterile.

"After years of trying, they finally sought medical advice because she was barren and unable to conceive naturally."

Example Sentences
"the barrens of central Africa" noun
"the trackless wastes of the desert" noun
"bare rocky hills" adjective
"barren lands" adjective
"the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes" adjective
"the desolate surface of the moon" adjective
"a stark landscape" adjective
"a barren woman" adjective
"learned early in his marriage that he was sterile" adjective
"writing barren of insight" adjective
See Also
soda prairie overbarren fruitful naked desolate desert quick desolateness
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wilderness
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
heath
Rhyming Words
ren tren fren oren wren dren bren uren aren loren ehren ceren goren viren koren buren hiren doren baren keren
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