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- Dictionarybar·ren/ˈberən/
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 "crossing the barrens was no easy feat"
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Barren means unable to produce plants or fruit, or unable to have children or young animals. It can also mean not creating or producing anything new. See how to use barren in sentences and different languages.
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BARREN meaning: 1. unable to produce plants or fruit: 2....
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Barren can be an adjective meaning not reproducing, not productive, or lacking interest, or a noun meaning barren land. Learn the synonyms, examples, and word history of barren from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Barren definition: not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile. See examples of BARREN used in a sentence.
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.
1. adjective. A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. ...the country's landscape of high barren mountains. Synonyms: desolate, empty, desert, bare More Synonyms of barren. 2. adjective. Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it.
Barren means unable to produce plants or fruit, or unable to have children or young animals. It can also mean not creating or producing anything new. See how to use barren in sentences and different languages.
Barren means not producing or incapable of producing fruit, or not bearing or pregnant at the regular time. It can also mean lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation, or a tract of unproductive land.
