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Barren

Definition:

As an adjective, barren refers to a place, landscape, or environment that lacks fertility, usually resulting in the inability to support plant or animal life. It can also be used to describe someone who is unable to have children. As a noun, barren refers to an unproductive or unfruitful period.

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Adjective:

1. Desolate; devoid of vegetation or crops
Example: The desert is well-known for its barren landscape.
Sentence: The once fertile land now lays barren, unable to support any form of life.

2. Unproductive; lacking in creativity or new ideas
Example: The writer's mind was barren, unable to come up with a compelling story.
Sentence: The company's attempt to innovate proved to be barren as they struggled to generate any groundbreaking concepts.

Noun:

1. Unproductive or infertile period
Example: Farmers experienced a period of barren where crops failed to grow.
Sentence: The artist went through a creative barren, unable to produce any new artwork.

Related Antonyms:

Fertile, productive, fruitful