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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
- if tobacco fields aren't allowed to lie idle once every few years, they will become barren
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- bony
- (also boney),
- dead,
- desolate,
- hardscrabble,
- impoverished,
- infertile,
- poor,
- stark,
- unfertile,
- unproductive,
- waste
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2
not able to produce fruit or offspring
- the pear tree appears to be barren
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3
producing no results
- that line of investigation proved barren, so the police tried other avenues
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4
utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
- their proposal for revitalizing the downtown business district is utterly barren of useful ideas
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barren
nounSynonyms of barren (Entry 2 of 2)
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops
- lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything
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