Meaning & use
barren
Not producing much or any vegetation, crops, or offspring; empty or unproductive.
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The explorers crossed miles of barren desert without seeing a single tree.
Years of drought left the once-fertile farmland completely barren.
A note on using this word
Barren traditionally described land or, in older usage, the inability to have children; today it is used mainly for land, landscapes, and figuratively for empty results, like barren negotiations.
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