Barren
adjective
A place or thing that has nothing growing on it or is empty.
Because of the long drought, the fields have become a barren wasteland.
Often appears as...
- barren land
- barren desert
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Disapproving
adjective
Unable to have children or young animals.
She was a barren woman and could not give birth to a child.
Often appears as...
- barren woman
- barren animal
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking in interest, charm or productivity.
His speech was dull and completely barren of new ideas.
Often appears as...
- barren of ideas
- barren of interest
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Disapproving
adjective
A place or thing that has nothing growing on it or is empty.
Because of the long drought, the fields have become a barren wasteland.
Often appears as...
- barren land
- barren desert
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Unable to have children or young animals.
She was a barren woman and could not give birth to a child.
Often appears as...
- barren woman
- barren animal
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Lacking in interest, charm or productivity.
His speech was dull and completely barren of new ideas.
Often appears as...
- barren of ideas
- barren of interest
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Use
Can mean a lack of growth or development in business, creativity, or other areas.
The artist's vision felt barren after years without a new exhibition.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
Often has a negative, sad or hopeless feeling when describing places or things.
The once vibrant town is now barren and forgotten.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Context
Used to describe landscapes affected by environmental issues.
The farming practices turned the fertile soil into barren land.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Use
Can mean a lack of growth or development in business, creativity, or other areas.
The artist's vision felt barren after years without a new exhibition.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
Often has a negative, sad or hopeless feeling when describing places or things.
The once vibrant town is now barren and forgotten.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Context
Used to describe landscapes affected by environmental issues.
The farming practices turned the fertile soil into barren land.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Use
Can mean a lack of growth or development in business, creativity, or other areas.
The artist's vision felt barren after years without a new exhibition.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
Often has a negative, sad or hopeless feeling when describing places or things.
The once vibrant town is now barren and forgotten.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Context
Used to describe landscapes affected by environmental issues.
The farming practices turned the fertile soil into barren land.
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What's below the tip of...
For all their travelling, many people think that these slabs of ice are barren of life, but these seemingly sterile ice slabs also harbor their own complex ecosystems and they shape the ecosystems that they pass through. They become mobile, floating ecosystems. Even in the coldest seas,
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A radical plan to end...
don't actually deserve to have their environment smashed by plastic, their oceans rendered depauperate or barren of sea life because of plastic. So you come down that chain, and there's tens of thousands of brands which we all buy heaps of products from,
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Spotting the World's...
But one of the first ones that will do is Birch, and you can see one right there. For decades now, nature has been slowly reclaiming this quarry, and what was once a gray, barren wasteland is now showing signs of life. He's in the tree.
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From the top of the food...
the world has lost. How? By making use of abandoned farms. As the market for food is globalized, infertile land becomes uncompetitive. Farmers in barren places can't compete with people growing crops on better land elsewhere.
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The legend of Annapurna,...
enveloped the world in eerie silence. Without Parvati, the land became dry and barren. Rivers shrank and crops shriveled in the fields. Hunger descended on humanity. Parents struggled to console their starving children
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Bilal Bomani: Plant...
that can survive anywhere in the world, where there's barren desert. We are being very successful so far. Now, here's one of the problems. If you are a farmer, you need five things to be You need seeds,
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Fighting Over Abandoned...
but for antarctic animals it's like a warm bath compared to conditions above the ice and while the top of the ice is bleak and barren just a few feet down is a busy living world
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Sir David Attenborough...
barren of animal life dead logs to anyone looking for animals are fascinating objects you can never predict what you'll find beneath them giant millipedes perhaps snakes or here
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How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
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What planting 2 trillion...
world premiere lead the movement plant a tree and let's get the job done for the pull of it let us begin barren land now imagine one tree
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What's below the tip of...
For all their travelling, many people think that these slabs of ice are barren of life, but these seemingly sterile ice slabs also harbor their own complex ecosystems and they shape the ecosystems that they pass through. They become mobile, floating ecosystems. Even in the coldest seas,
Video examples
A radical plan to end...
don't actually deserve to have their environment smashed by plastic, their oceans rendered depauperate or barren of sea life because of plastic. So you come down that chain, and there's tens of thousands of brands which we all buy heaps of products from,
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
But one of the first ones that will do is Birch, and you can see one right there. For decades now, nature has been slowly reclaiming this quarry, and what was once a gray, barren wasteland is now showing signs of life. He's in the tree.
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From the top of the food...
the world has lost. How? By making use of abandoned farms. As the market for food is globalized, infertile land becomes uncompetitive. Farmers in barren places can't compete with people growing crops on better land elsewhere.
Video examples
The legend of Annapurna,...
enveloped the world in eerie silence. Without Parvati, the land became dry and barren. Rivers shrank and crops shriveled in the fields. Hunger descended on humanity. Parents struggled to console their starving children
Video examples
Bilal Bomani: Plant...
that can survive anywhere in the world, where there's barren desert. We are being very successful so far. Now, here's one of the problems. If you are a farmer, you need five things to be You need seeds,
Video examples
Fighting Over Abandoned...
but for antarctic animals it's like a warm bath compared to conditions above the ice and while the top of the ice is bleak and barren just a few feet down is a busy living world
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Sir David Attenborough...
barren of animal life dead logs to anyone looking for animals are fascinating objects you can never predict what you'll find beneath them giant millipedes perhaps snakes or here
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How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
Video examples
What planting 2 trillion...
world premiere lead the movement plant a tree and let's get the job done for the pull of it let us begin barren land now imagine one tree
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
Every other civilized nation in the world has been compelled to care for its forests, and so must we if waste and destruction are not to go on to the bitter end, leaving America as barren as Palestine or Spain.
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Dan Flavin
American Sculptor
My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
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William Dampier
English Explorer
The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.
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Arthur Helps
British Historian
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
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Langston Hughes
American Poet
Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
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Twyla Tharp
American Dancer
I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.
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Donal Logue
Canadian Actor
The desert feels Irish in a way - lonely and barren.
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Socrates
Greek Philosopher
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Lindsey Buckingham
American Musician
My personal life is fairly barren.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
Every other civilized nation in the world has been compelled to care for its forests, and so must we if waste and destruction are not to go on to the bitter end, leaving America as barren as Palestine or Spain.
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Dan Flavin
American Sculptor
My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
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William Dampier
English Explorer
The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.
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Arthur Helps
British Historian
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
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Langston Hughes
American Poet
Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
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Twyla Tharp
American Dancer
I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.
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Donal Logue
Canadian Actor
The desert feels Irish in a way - lonely and barren.
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Socrates
Greek Philosopher
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Lindsey Buckingham
American Musician
My personal life is fairly barren.
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