n]
| 1. | not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman. |
| 2. | unproductive; unfruitful: barren land. |
| 3. | without capacity to interest or attract: a barren period in American architecture. |
| 4. | mentally unproductive; dull; stupid. |
| 5. | not producing results; fruitless: a barren effort. |
| 6. | destitute; bereft; lacking (usually fol. by of): barren of tender feelings. |
| 7. | Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile. |

barren bar·ren (bār'ən)
adj.
Not producing offspring.
Incapable of producing offspring.