barren

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

2. a. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile. Source: opted

3. a. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. Source: opted

4. a. Mentally dull; stupid. Source: opted

5. n. A tract of barren land. Source: opted

6. 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. Source: opted

7. adj. providing no shelter or sustenance Source: wordnet

8. adj. not bearing offspring Source: wordnet

9. adj. completely wanting or lacking Source: wordnet

10. n. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation Source: wordnet

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