barren
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[edit] English
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[edit] Adjective
barren (comparative barrener or more barren, superlative barrenest or most barren)
- (not comparable) unable to bear children; sterile
- I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?
- of poor fertility, infertile
- bleak
- not productive
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
- Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
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unable to bear children; sterile
infertile
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bleak
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[edit] Noun
barren (plural barrens)
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
- The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.
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area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place
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barren
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barren (infinitive barrer)
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of barrer.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of barrer.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
barren
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