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barren

/'b/&/r/@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

    noun.location

    Examples
    The barrens of central Africa.
    Synonyms waste wasteland

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. A tract of barren land.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. providing no shelter or sustenance

    adj.all

    Examples
    Barren lands.
    Synonyms bare bleak desolate stark

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. not bearing offspring

    adj.all

    Examples
    A barren woman.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. completely wanting or lacking

    adj.all

    Examples
    Writing barren of insight.
    Synonyms destitute devoid free innocent

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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