Synonyms for barren
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Incapable of producing young
sterile, impotent, infertile, childless; see sterile 1.
Lacking vegetation
fallow, unproductive, desolate, arid; see sterile 2.
Without intellectual interest
insipid, dry, boring, stupid; see dull 4.
Unprofitable
fruitless, unproductive, profitless; see waste, worthless 1. See syn. study at naked, sterile.
See barren in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Unable to produce offspring:
childless, impotent, infertile, sterile, unfruitful. See richLacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops:
infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive. See richHaving no useful result:
bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idiom: in vain. See thrive, usedNot having a desirable element:
destitute, devoid, empty, innocent, lacking, void, wanting. Idiom: in want of. See full
noun
A tract of unproductive land.
Often used in plural: badlands, desert1, waste, wasteland, wilderness. See rich
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