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- Dictionarybarren/ˈbarən/
adjective
- 1. (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation: "the plains of Kyrenia were barren" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless: "the sports hall turned out to be a rather barren concrete building"
noun
- 1. a barren tract or tracts of land: North American "the Newfoundland barrens"
- 2. a group or drove of mules: rare "the Greeks were seen to drive a barren of mules"
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BARREN definition: 1. unable to produce plants or fruit: 2. unable to have children or young animals 3. not creating…. Learn more.
1. : not reproducing: such as. a. : incapable of producing offspring. used especially of females or matings. barren women. : not yet or not recently pregnant. c. of plants : habitually failing to fruit. barren apple trees. 2. : not productive: such as. a. : producing little or no vegetation : desolate. barren deserts. : producing inferior crops.
Drive through a forest that's just been destroyed by a fire, and you'll get an idea of what barren means — stripped of vegetation and devoid of life. Not to be confused with a baron, a kind of nobleman, barren is often used to describe an area of land that lacks any signs of life.
Barren definition: not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile. See examples of BARREN used in a sentence.
BARREN meaning: 1. unable to produce plants or fruit: 2. unable to have children or young animals 3. not creating…. Learn more.
If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results.
Define barren. barren synonyms, barren pronunciation, barren translation, English dictionary definition of barren. unproductive; unfruitful; not producing results; infertile: The queen was barren.
Definition of barren adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of barren adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results.
