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bar•ren

Pronunciation: (bar'un), [key]
—adj.
1. not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman.
2. unproductive; unfruitful: barren land.
3. without capacity to interest or attract: a barren period in American architecture.
4. mentally unproductive; dull; stupid.
5. not producing results; fruitless: a barren effort.
6. destitute; bereft; lacking (usually fol. by of): barren of tender feelings.

—n.
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.

barrel vault

barren ground caribou

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