not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile

a barren woman.

unproductive; unfruitful

barren land.

without capacity to interest or attract

a barren period in American architecture.

mentally unproductive; dull; stupid.

not producing results; fruitless

a barren effort.

destitute; bereft; lacking (usually fol. by of )

barren of tender feelings.

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

adjective

developing , fecund , fertile , filled , full , growing , productive , useful , profitable , fruitful , prolific , teeming , virile

adjective

arid , depleted , desert , desolate , dry , effete , empty , fallow , fruitless , impotent , impoverished , infecund , infertile , parched , sterile , unbearing , uncultivable , unfertile , unfruitful , unproductive , waste , dull , flat , futile , lackluster , profitless , stale , uninspiring , unrewarding , useless , vain , vapid , childless , bootless , unavailing , unprofitable , unsuccessful , destitute , devoid , innocent , lacking , void , wanting , acarpous , agenestic , bare , divested , exhausted , hardscrabble , immature , jejune , meager , nonparous , nulliparous , prosaic , stark , stern , stupid , unfructuous , unimaginative , uninteresting , unprocreant , unprolific , unremunerative , vacant , worthless , yeld

noun

badlands , desert , waste , wasteland , wilderness