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.

noun

fertility , fruitfulness , fecundity

noun

unproductiveness , infecundity , infertility , childlessness , impotence , fruitlessness , unfruitfulness , bleakness , emptiness , aridness , underdevelopment , aridity , sterilization , vacancy , vacuity , vacuum , void , blankness , hollowness , inanity , vacuousness