Definition of barren

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Barren (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile..

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Overbarren :: Overbarren (a.) Excessively barren.
Meagreness :: Meagreness (n.) The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
Teemless :: Teemless (a.) Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth..
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..
Plantless :: Plantless (a.) Without plants; barren of vegetation.
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Infertility :: Infertility (n.) The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.
Barrenness :: Barrenness (n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
Barrenwort :: Barrenwort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific..
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Wit-starved :: Wit-starved (a.) Barren of wit; destitute of genius.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..
Unfruitful :: Unfruitful (a.) Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort..
Scary :: Scary (n.) Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren..
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness..
Seck :: Seck (a.) Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent..
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage..
Barren :: Barren (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile..
Wilderness :: Wilderness (v. t.) A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind..
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