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bréhaigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. brékha, markha, sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish 1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall. 2. Not

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bréhaigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. brékha, markha, sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish 1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall. 2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; "Barren mountain tracts." Macaulay. 3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. Brilliant but barren reveries. Prescott. Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. Swift. 4. Mentally dull; stupid. Shak. Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which as neither stamens nor pistils. -- Barren Grounds , a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions. -- Barren Ground bear , a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. -- Barren Ground caribou , a small reindeer (Rangifer Groenlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BARREN)

• Dry
• Arid
• parched
• moistureless
• juiceless
• barren
• tame
• sarcastic
• vapid
• lifeless
• dull
• tedious
• uninteresting
• monotonous
• Effete
• Worn
• exhausted
• decrepit
• Jejune
• Bare
• scant
• poor
• thin
• weak
• sterile
• poverty-struck
• bald
• Meagre
• Thin
• lean
• lank
• scanty
• dry
• Sterile
• Barren
• unfruitful
• unproductive
• desert
• infertile

Related words: (words related to BARREN)

• LIFELESS
  Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless
• DESERTER
  One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• UNFRUITFUL
  Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.
• EXHAUSTION
  An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications
• SCANTLING
  Not plentiful; small; scanty. Jer. Taylor.
• SCANTLE
  To be deficient; to fail. Drayton.
• INFERTILELY
  In an infertile manner.
• EXHAUSTIVE
  Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.
• EXHAUSTURE
  Exhaustion. Wraxall.
• JEJUNE
  1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance. 2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative. - Je*june"ly, adv. -- Je*june"ness, n. Bacon.
• MOISTURELESS
  Without moisture.
• DESERTLESS
  Without desert.
• BARRENLY
  Unfruitfully; unproductively.
• SCANTNESS
  The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. "Scantness of outward things." Barrow.
• VAPID
  Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. Burke. --
• BARRENWORT
  An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family , having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
• DECREPITNESS
  Decrepitude. Barrow.
• DESERT
  That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit. According to their deserts will I judge them. Ezek. vii. 27. Andronicus, surnamed Pius For many good and great
• MONOTONOUS
  Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.
• INDESERT
  Ill desert. Addison.
• CORUSCANT
  Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.
• MISDESERT
  Ill desert. Spenser.
• TOPARCH
  The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller.
• EPARCH
  In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
• MEAGERNESS; MEAGRENESS
  The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
• EPARCHY
  A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
• UNEXHAUSTIBLE
  Inexhaustible.
• INEXHAUSTED
  Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden.
• INEXHAUSTIVE
  Inexhaustible. Thomson.