barren synonyms

barren

modif.

  1. Incapable of producing young

    sterile, impotent, infertile, childless; see sterile 1.

  2. Lacking vegetation

    fallow, unproductive, desolate, arid; see sterile 2.

  3. Without intellectual interest

    insipid, dry, boring, stupid; see dull 4.

  4. Unprofitable

    fruitless, unproductive, profitless; see waste, worthless 1. See syn. study at naked, sterile.

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