[noun] an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" Synonyms:waste, wasteland
[adjective] providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" Synonyms:bare, bleak, desolate, stark
[adjective] not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
[adjective] incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon"
