barren

  1. Adjective.  (not comparable) unable to bear children; sterile.
  2. Adjective.  of poor fertility, infertile.
  3. Adjective.  bleak.
  4. Adjective.  not productive.
  5. Noun.  An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.

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