barren
adjective
[ ˈbar(ə)n ]
• (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.
• "the plains of Kyrenia were barren"
Similar:
unproductive,
infertile,
unfruitful,
sterile,
arid,
desert,
waste,
desolate,
uncultivatable,
impoverished,
• (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless.
• "the sports hall turned out to be a rather barren concrete building"
barren
noun
• a barren tract or tracts of land.
• "the Newfoundland barrens"
• a group or drove of mules.
• "the Greeks were seen to drive a barren of mules"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French barhaine, of unknown origin.
