The quality or condition of being empty or barren
“I am not so much discouraged with the barrenness of the plains as I would have been if I hadn't lived there.”
The quality or condition of being unable to produce crops
“The fertility or barrenness of the land was linked directly to the presence of ancestral spirits and the moral state of the people.”
The quality or condition of being unable to produce offspring
“Further, the notice of the husband's age introduces some ambiguity as to the cause of the couple's barrenness.”
The state or quality of being poor or destitute
A space entirely devoid of matter
The state of being devoid of something
Stark or barren in nature
Void of substance, worth or meaning
A state devoid of civilization, characterized by vastness, isolation, and abandonment
A large area of barren, typically uninhabited land
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