- (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
- (a.) Mentally dull; stupid.
- (a.) Not producing vegetation or useful vegetation; /rile.
- (n.) A tract of barren land.
- (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.
- (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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