Barren synonyms and antonyms
băr'ən
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Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced:
Not capable of sustaining crops or vegetation:
fertile (antonym)
Rich in material needed to sustain plant growth:
productive (antonym)
(Economics) Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
Barren and uninhabited; desolate:
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unprocreant
teeming (antonym)
unprofitable
sterile (related)
Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring:
The definition of fallow is inactive.
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Bearing no fruit; sterile; barren
Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
The definition of waste is a wild or uninhabited place.
The definition of worthless is having no value.
Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
Serving no useful purpose:
The definition of vain is someone or something without value, without force or who is conceited.
Having no legal force or validity; null:
rich (related)
Highly varied, developed, or complex:
full (related)
Having a great deal or many:
Having no useful result; ineffectual:
The definition of destitute refers to not having the basic necessities of life.
Shakespeare
Threadbare; much worn.
Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing:
Bare, desolate, or unadorned:
Not inspiring
Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.
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unprolific
Not prolific.
unremunerative
Not remunerative.
Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull:
yeld
Not giving milk
The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
fecund (antonym)
Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful:
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fruitful (antonym)
The definition of fruitful is a fertile person with many children, or a plant that produces a lot of fruit, or something productive or effective.
prolific (antonym)
Producing or characterized by abundant works or results:
virile (antonym)
Masculine in a robust way; manly:
useful (antonym)
Having a beneficial use; serviceable:
growing (antonym)
Connected with growing
developing (antonym)
Having a relatively low level of industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity:
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Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
Having an unfavorable outcome:
Not having a desirable element
Not measuring up to standards or expectations:
Often used in plural: badlands
A tract of unproductive land.
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in-vain
in want of
thrive (related)
Having no useful result
used (related)
That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
Not subject to a given condition; exempt:
Providing no encouragement; depressing:
uncultivable
Not capable of cultivation
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parched (related)
treeless (related)
windswept (related)
inhospitable (related)
wind-swept (related)
swampy (related)
desert-like (related)
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The definition of boring is something for making holes.
Not yielding profit
naked (related)
Lacking a perianth:
Bearing no fruit; sterile
agenestic
Extremely tired; exhausted or worn out.
Lacking vigor, force of character, moral stamina, etc.; decadent, soft, overrefined, etc.
Depleted; in a state of exhaustion.
hardscrabble
Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal:
Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
infecund
Not nourishing; barren
nonparous
(Of a woman or female animal) That has not given birth
nulliparous
(Of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
Firm or unyielding; uncompromising:
unfertile
Not fertile.
unfructuous
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.
infecundity
Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.
profitable (antonym)
Yielding profit; advantageous:
Being without advantage or benefit; useless.
barren-land (related)
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