barrenness

bar·ren  (brn)

adj.

1.

a. Not producing offspring.

b. Incapable of producing offspring.

2. Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation.

3. Unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable: barren efforts. See Synonyms at futile.

4. Devoid of something specified: writing barren of insight. See Synonyms at empty.

5. Lacking in liveliness or interest.

n.

A tract of unproductive land, often with a scrubby growth of trees. Often used in the plural.

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[Middle English barreine, from Old French brahaigne, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

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barren·ly adv.

barren·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	barrenness - the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children infertility, sterility - the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
	2.	barrenness - the quality of yielding nothing of value aridity, fruitlessness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare poorness - less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland" unproductiveness - the quality of lacking the power to produce

Translations

barrenness [ˈbærənnɪs] N [of soil] → aridez f; [of woman] → esterilidad f

barrenness [ˈbærənnɪs] n

(= aridity) → aridité f

(= infertility) → stérilité f

barrenness

n

→ Unfruchtbarkeit f; (of land also) → Kargheit f

(fig) → Unfruchtbarkeit f, → Unproduktivität f; (of discussion also) → Fruchtlosigkeit f; (of atmosphere also) → Sterilität f; (of style, subject, study) → Trockenheit f; (of topic) → Unergiebigkeit f

barrenness [ˈbær/ənnɪs] n (of land) → sterilità

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barrenness [ˈbær/ənnɪs] n (of land) → sterilità