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1. : not reproducing: such as. a. : incapable of producing offspringused 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.
BARREN definition: 1. unable to produce plants or fruit: 2. unable to have children or young animals 3. not creating…. Learn more.
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.
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.
BARREN meaning: 1. unable to produce plants or fruit: 2. unable to have children or young animals 3. not creating…. Learn more.
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.
Adjective. Noun. Filter. adjective. barrener, barrenest. That cannot produce offspring; sterile. A barren woman. Webster's New World. Not bearing or pregnant at the regular time. Webster's New World. Not producing or incapable of producing fruit. Barren trees. American Heritage. Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation.
