- barren
- adj1. childless, sterile, infertile, unpro-lific, infecund, agenetic, unprocreant, Bot. acarpous, (of cows) farrow, impotent, effete.2. unproductive, unyielding, unfructuous, unfruitful, fruitless; uncultivable, uncultivatable, fallow; exhausted, depleted, worn out, impoverished; .meager, scanty, scarce, empty, lean, forlorn; poor, bare, dry, arid, bald, waste, desolate, dead, naked.3. uninteresting, boring, unsuggestive, uninstructive, uninspiring; stale, dull, flat, inane, jejune, insipid, prosaic, tame.4. dull, stupid, mentally deficient, unintelligent, moronic, idiotic, imbecilic, vacant; weak-minded, brainless, witless, fool-headed, foolish, simple, muddle-headed.5. ineffective, ineffectual, incapable, inadequate, inefficient, incompetent, inept; useless, inutile, worthless, valueless, meritless, nugatory; futile, vain, bootless, unavailing, idle; unprofitable, profitless, unremunerative, unrewarding, unpaying, gainless; unsuccessful, Inf. no-go, to no avail, to no purpose, for naught.6.(usually fol. by of) destitute, bereft, devoid , lacking, deficient, wanting.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.