bar·ren (b r  n)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. [Middle English barreine, from Old French brahaigne, perhaps of Germanic origin.] bar ren·ly adv.bar ren·ness n. |
barren [ˈbærən]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) incapable of producing offspring, seed, or fruit; sterile a barren tree
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) unable to support the growth of crops, etc.; unproductive; bare barren land
3. lacking in stimulation or ideas; dull a rather barren play
4. not producing worthwhile results; unprofitable a barren period in a writer's life
5. (foll by of) totally lacking (in); devoid (of) his speech was barren of wit
6. (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) (of rock strata) having no fossils
[from Old French brahain, of uncertain origin]
barrenly adv
barrenness n
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| Noun | 1. |  barren - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"heathland, heath - a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation wild, wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers" |
| Adj. | 1. | barren - providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" |
| 2. | barren - not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile" | |
| 3. | barren - completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" nonexistent - not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent" |
barren
adjective
2. unproductive, dry, useless, sterile, fruitless, arid, unprofitable, unfruitful, unprolific He also wants to use water to irrigate barren desert land.
unproductive rich, useful, profitable, productive, fertile, lush, fruitful, fecund, profitable, productive
unproductive rich, useful, profitable, productive, fertile, lush, fruitful, fecund, profitable, productive
3. dull, boring, commonplace, tedious, dreary, stale, lacklustre, monotonous, uninspiring, humdrum, uninteresting, vapid, unrewarding, as dry as dust My life has become barren.
dull interesting, instructive
dull interesting, instructive
5. (Old-fashioned) infertile, sterile, childless, unproductive, nonproductive, infecund, unprolific a three-year-old barren mare
Translations
barren [ˈbærən] adj [period, year] → stérile; [woman, animal] → stérile; [hills, desert, mountains] → aride
barren
adj
→ unfruchtbar; land also → karg
(fig) years → unfruchtbar, unproduktiv; discussion also → fruchtlos; atmosphere also → steril; style, subject → trocken; topic → unergiebig; the house looks barren without any furniture → das Haus wirkt ohne Möbel leer; a government barren of new ideas → eine Regierung, der neue Ideen fehlen or die keinerlei neue Ideen hat
n barrens
pl (esp US) → Ödland nt
barren [ˈbær/ən] adj (land) → arido/a, povero/a; (tree) → infruttuoso/a; (animal) → sterile
barren [ˈbær/ən] adj (land) → arido/a, povero/a; (tree) → infruttuoso/a; (animal) → sterile
barren [ˈbær/ən] adj (land) → arido/a, povero/a; (tree) → infruttuoso/a; (animal) → sterile
adj barren [ˈbӕrən]
not able to produce crops, fruit, young etc barren soil; a barren fruit-tree; a barren woman. عاقِر، قاحِل، غَيْر مُثْمِر безплоден neúrodný, neplodný ufrugtbar unfruchtbar στείρος, άγονος estéril, baldío (tierra), infértil viljatu عقیم hedelmätön stérile עָקַר, לֹא מְנִיב פּרִי बंजर भूमि neplodan terméketlen, meddő gersang, mandul hrjóstrugur; ófrjór sterile 不毛の 불모인 bevaisis, nederlingas neauglīgs tandus onvruchtbaar ufruktbar, gold jałowy, niepłodny estéril sterp, neroditor; steril бесплодный neplodný, sterilný neploden jalov ofruktbar, ofruktsam, steril ปราศจากพืชผล; แห้งแล้ง; เป็นหมัน kıraç, verimsiz, çorak, kısır 貧瘠的，不孕的 неродючий بنجر ، بے آپ وگیاہ cằn cỗi; không sinh nở 荒芜的，不育的
n barrenness
onvrugbaarheid عُقْم،قَحْل неплодородие neúrodnost, neplodnost ufrugtbarhed die Unfruchtbarkeit στειρότητα, ακαρπία esterilidad viljatus نازایی؛ عقیم بودن hedelmättömyys stérilité עָקַרוּת बांझपन neplodnost terméketlenség sterilitas ófrjósemi; hrjóstrugleiki sterilità 不毛 열매를 맺지 않음, 불임 nevaisingumas neauglība ketandusan onvruchtbaarheid ufruktbarhet, goldhet jałowość, suchość esterilidade sterilitate бесплодие sterilita neplodnost jalovost ofruktbarhet การไม่มีพืชผล; ความแห้งแล้ง; การเป็นหมัน kıraçlık, kısırlık 荒蕪 неродючість بے برگ و بار ہونا sự cằn cỗi; sự không sinh nở 荒芜
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