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| bar·ren [ bárrən ] |
adjective |
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1. bare of vegetation: having no trees or other growing plants
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2. not fruiting: producing no fruit or seed
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3. unable to have children: not able to bear children
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archaic or literary
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4. with no useful result: producing no valuable results or interesting effects
  It was a barren period in his career.
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5. lacking in something: completely lacking in a particular thing
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literary
)
Our writers seem somewhat barren of new ideas.
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noun (plural bar·rens) |
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geography flat scrubland: an area of flat, scrubby, unproductive land
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often used in the plural
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| [12th century. < Old French baraigne] |
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| bar·ren·ly adverb |
| bar·ren·ness noun |
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