Word Meaning

barrens definition and meaning

a. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
a. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
a. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
a. Mentally dull; stupid.
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.

Crossword clues for barrens

- Bleak
- Bleak and lifeless
- Desert-like
- Infertile
- Jejune
- Nobleman is apparently infertile
- Sterile
- Unproductive; unfruitful