barren

adjective

  1. 1

    completely wanting or lacking

    writing barren of insight

    young recruits destitute of experience

  2. 2

    not bearing offspring

    a barren woman

    learned early in his marriage that he was sterile

  3. 3

    providing no shelter or sustenance

    bare rocky hills

    barren lands

noun

  1. 1

    an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

    the barrens of central Africa

    the trackless wastes of the desert

Synonyms

Also useful for “barren”:Unscrambler