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childless(adjective, rich, unproductive, sterile, infertile)
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jejune(noun, adjective, poor, small, insignificant)
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unavailing(adjective, poor, base, inferior, insignificant)
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uncultivated(adjective, unoccupied, uninhabited, inhabitable, inhabitableuncultivated uninhabited unoccupied)
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void(adjective, clear, free, poor, wild)
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deserted(adjective, desolate, absence)
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devoid(adjective, clear, free, full, bare)
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ineffective(adjective, weak, poor, base, inferior)
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ineffectual(adjective, weak, poor, base, inferior)
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lonely(adjective, miserable, empty, bleak, dreary)
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stark(adjective, bare, desolate, unadorned)
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unfertile(adjective, unable, young, unproductive, impotent)
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vacant(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
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vain(adjective, inadequate, feeble, useless, trivial)
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wasteland(noun, area, environment, waste, wild)
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effete(adjective, weak, clean, dead, bleak)
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lean(adjective, thin, spare, bare, slim)
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unoccupied(adjective, clear, free, bare, empty)
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abortive(adjective, inadequate, feeble, useless, trivial)
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bootless(adjective, inadequate, feeble, useless, trivial)
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