Barren: alternatives and connections

Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

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Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

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Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

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Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

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Not having existence.

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Not having existence.

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Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

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Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

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Not fertile; infertile; barren.

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Not fertile; infertile; barren.

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A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms…

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Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pa…

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The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

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The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

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The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.

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The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.

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Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Without color; pale; pallid.

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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

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Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

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To empty out; to remove.

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Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Stiff; rigid.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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