barren

/ˈber-ən/

Middle English bareine, from Anglo-French barain, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Welsh brynar fallow land

adjective

  1. not reproducing: such as

  2. incapable of producing offspring —used especially of females or matings

  3. not yet or not recently pregnant

bare naked nude bald barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable. naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness.

noun

  1. an extent of usually level land having an inferior growth of trees or little vegetation

  2. a tract of barren land

geographical name

  1. treeless plains of northern Canada located west of Hudson Bay and chiefly within Nunavut