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barren

/ˈbaɹən/noun, adjective2 syllables

Barren means: providing no shelter or sustenance.

Synonyms for barren18

noun, as in an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

waste, wasteland

adjective, as in providing no shelter or sustenance

bare, bleak, desolate, stark, inhospitable

adjective, as in completely wanting or lacking

destitute, devoid, free, innocent, nonexistent

adjective, as in not bearing offspring

sterile, unfertile, infertile

also used for barren

bereft, idle, fruitless

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What does barren mean?4

adjective

1

providing no shelter or sustenance“bare rocky hills”

2

completely wanting or lacking“writing barren of insight”

3

not bearing offspring“a barren woman”

noun

1

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation“the barrens of central Africa”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Barren in a sentence

  • Today the area is barren, but a thousand years ago there were trees everywhere.Hybrid
  • The trees are barren or bear only small fruit.Luornu
  • The plundering of this land has left it barren and infertile.swolesuki
  • It seems as if the barren fields are shivering with cold.Hybrid
  • It seemed as if the barren fields were shivering with cold.Hybrid
  • The giraffes need to cross this area of barren land to find water.Amastan
  • Would panpsychism mean life is ubiquitous even on barren desert planets?nonong
  • Algeria needs to turn its big barren desert into productive lands.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of barren

as a noun

plural
barrens

as a adjective

comparative
barrener
superlative
barrenest