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barren Definition


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barren
adj
    1. Said of a woman: not able to bear children.
    2. Said of land or soil, etc: not able to produce crops or fruit, etc.
      Thesaurus: sterile, infertile, unproductive, fruitless, fallow, arid, dry; Antonym: fertile, productive, fecund.
    3. Not producing results.
      Example: All my efforts proved barren
    4. Dull; unresponsive.
Derivative: barrenness
noun
    Idiom: barren of something
      Lacking in or devoid of (a specified quality, etc).
    Etymology: 13c: from French brahaigne.



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