Bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring See examples of barren used in a sentence. Barren synonyms, barren pronunciation, barren translation, english dictionary definition of barren Unable to produce plants or fruit Unable to have children or young animals 3
If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results. Definition of barren adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. A barren period in a writer's life (followed by of) totally lacking (in) His speech was barren of wit Meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the oxford english dictionary
Hence also unable to bear children, sterile Having very few plants not suitable for plants Not producing fruit or not able to produce fruit
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