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barren

/bˈæɹən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

  1. providing no shelter or sustenance
    “bare rocky hills”
  2. not bearing offspring
    “a barren woman”
  3. completely wanting or lacking
    “writing barren of insight”

noun

  1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
    “the barrens of central Africa”

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Words that rhyme with barren

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