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sterile
Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
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  1. Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
  2. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.
  3. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
impotent
Ineffective, powerless, or helpless
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  1. Ineffective, powerless, or helpless
  2. Unable to engage in sexual intercourse, esp. because of an inability to have or sustain an erection
  3. Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless:
infertile
Unproductive or producing little:
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  1. Unproductive or producing little:
  2. Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing:
  3. Relating to soil or land that is not capable of supporting or is unfavorable to the growth of plants.
fallow
Characterized by inactivity:
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  1. Characterized by inactivity:
  2. Untrained; inactive
  3. Plowed but left unseeded during a growing season:
unproductive
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
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  1. (Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
  2. Not productive; useless; fruitless.
  3. Not productive; idle.
desolate
Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:
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  1. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:
  2. Uninhabited; deserted
  3. Barren; lifeless:
arid
Lacking enough water for things to grow; dry and barren
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  1. Lacking enough water for things to grow; dry and barren
  2. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull:
  3. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants:
insipid
Not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless
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  1. Not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless
  2. Without flavor; tasteless
  3. Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty:
dry
Constructed without mortar or cement:
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  1. Constructed without mortar or cement:
  2. No longer yielding liquid, especially milk:
  3. Not shedding tears:
boring
For making holes
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  1. For making holes
  2. Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
  3. Dull, tiresome, etc.
stupid
Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless:
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  1. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless:
  2. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied:
  3. Used to express disparagement or exasperation:
fruitless
Not leading to success; unproductive:
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  1. Not leading to success; unproductive:
  2. Without results; unprofitable; unsuccessful; vain
  3. Useless; unproductive.
unproductive
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
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  1. (Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
  2. Not productive; useless; fruitless.
  3. Not productive; idle.
impotent
Ineffective, powerless, or helpless
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  1. Ineffective, powerless, or helpless
  2. Unable to engage in sexual intercourse, esp. because of an inability to have or sustain an erection
  3. Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless:
infertile
Unproductive or producing little:
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  1. Unproductive or producing little:
  2. Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing:
  3. Relating to soil or land that is not capable of supporting or is unfavorable to the growth of plants.
sterile
Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
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  1. Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
  2. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.
  3. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
unfruitful
Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
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  1. Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
  2. Yielding no worthwhile result; fruitless; unprofitable
  3. Not reproducing; barren; unproductive
infertile
Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing:
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  1. Not fertilized and hence incapable of growing and developing:
  2. Not fertile; not productive; barren
  3. Relating to soil or land that is not capable of supporting or is unfavorable to the growth of plants.
sterile
(Bot.) Unable or failing to bear fruit or spores, as a plant, or to germinate, as a seed
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  1. (Bot.) Unable or failing to bear fruit or spores, as a plant, or to germinate, as a seed
  2. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.
  3. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
unfruitful
Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
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  1. Not bearing fruit or offspring; barren.
  2. Yielding no worthwhile result; fruitless; unprofitable
  3. Not reproducing; barren; unproductive
unproductive
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
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  1. (Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
  2. Not productive; useless; fruitless.
  3. Not productive; idle.
bootless
Without benefit; useless
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  1. Without benefit; useless
  2. Profitless; pointless; unavailing
fruitless
Not leading to success; unproductive:
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  1. Not leading to success; unproductive:
  2. Without results; unprofitable; unsuccessful; vain
  3. Useless; unproductive.
futile
Lacking vigor or purpose; inept or ineffective
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  1. Lacking vigor or purpose; inept or ineffective
  2. That could not succeed; useless; vain
  3. Having no useful result; ineffectual:
unprofitable
Bringing in no profit or profits:
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  1. Bringing in no profit or profits:
  2. Not making a profit.
  3. Serving no useful purpose:
unsuccessful
Failing to attain something desired or intended:
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  1. Failing to attain something desired or intended:
  2. Having an unfavorable outcome:
useless
Having no use; unserviceable; worthless
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  1. Having no use; unserviceable; worthless
  2. Incapable of acting or functioning effectively; ineffectual or inept:
  3. To no purpose; ineffectual; of no avail
vain
Without force or effect; futile, fruitless, unprofitable, unavailing, etc.
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  1. Without force or effect; futile, fruitless, unprofitable, unavailing, etc.
  2. Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
  3. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless:
destitute
Not having; being without; lacking (with of)
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  1. Not having; being without; lacking (with of)
  2. Lacking the necessities of life; living in complete poverty
  3. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished.
devoid
Completely without; empty or destitute (of)
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  1. Completely without; empty or destitute (of)
  2. Completely lacking; destitute or empty:
empty
Without meaning or force; insincere; vain
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  1. Without meaning or force; insincere; vain
  2. Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing:
  3. Devoid; destitute:
innocent
Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
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  1. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
  2. Candid; straightforward:
  3. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous:
void
Having no effect or result; ineffective; useless
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  1. Having no effect or result; ineffective; useless
  2. Containing no matter; empty.
  3. Completely lacking; devoid:
wanting
Absent; lacking; missing
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  1. Absent; lacking; missing
  2. Not measuring up to standards or expectations:
  3. Absent; lacking:
desert
An uncultivated region without inhabitants; wilderness
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  1. An uncultivated region without inhabitants; wilderness
  2. A dry, barren, sandy region, often extremely hot
  3. A large, dry, barren region, usually having sandy or rocky soil and little or no vegetation. Water lost to evaporation and transpiration in a desert exceeds the amount of precipitation; most deserts average less than 25 cm (9.75 inches) of precipitation each year, concentrated in short local bursts. Deserts cover about one fifth of the Earth's surface, with the principal warm deserts located mainly along the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, where warm, rising equatorial air masses that have already lost most of their moisture descend over the subtropical regions. Cool deserts are located at higher elevations in the temperate regions, often on the lee side of a barrier mountain range where the prevailing winds drop their moisture before crossing the range.
waste
A wasting or being wasted
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  1. A wasting or being wasted
  2. Uncultivated or uninhabited land, as a desert or wilderness
  3. The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted:
wasteland
Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged.
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  1. Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged.
  2. Land that is uncultivated, barren, or without vegetation
  3. Any barren or uninteresting place.
wilderness
Any barren, empty, or open area, as of ocean
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  1. Any barren, empty, or open area, as of ocean
  2. An unsettled, uncultivated region, especially:
  3. An uncultivated, uninhabited region; waste; wild
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  • The site of the town is a barren, rocky mountain valley.

  • The district is the most barren and backward portion of the province.

  • Maybe he wasn't a saddle bum, but only a greenhorn would think he could live off the barren land that surrounded them.

  • 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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