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Another word for barren

barren Synonyms

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.

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Another word for barren

adjective

Unable to produce offspring:
childless, impotent, infertile, sterile, unfruitful. See rich
Lacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops:
infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive. See rich
Having no useful result:
bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idiom: in vain. See thrive, used
Not 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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The site of the town is a barren, rocky mountain valley.
Maybe he wasn't a saddle bum, but only a greenhorn would think he could live off the barren land that surrounded them.
The district is the most barren and backward portion of the province.
The country was mostly poor and barren, sandy hillocks, with scanty growth of spinifex.
As a hungry herd of cattle keeps well together when crossing a barren field, but gets out of hand and at once disperses uncontrollably as soon as it reaches rich pastures, so did the army disperse all over the wealthy city.

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