barren
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Sense: Adjective: lacking vegetation
Synonyms:
desolate, arid, dry Collocations, stark Collocations, lifeless, bleak Collocations, empty Collocations, deserted, bare Collocations, dusty Collocations, unfertile, fallow, parched, waste Collocations, vacant Collocations, treeless
Sense: Adjective: incapable of producing young - archaic
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sterile, infertile, impotent, childless, infecund, unable to have children, incapable of bearing children, menopausal, without issue
Sense: Adjective: unprofitable
Synonyms:
unprofitable, unproductive, fruitless, unfruitful, profitless, unsuccessful, ineffectual, ineffective, bootless , vain Collocations, worthless Collocations, useless Collocations, pointless Collocations, futile Collocations, of no use
Sense: Adjective: devoid - usually followed by 'of'
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Sense: Adjective: boring
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boring Collocations, dry Collocations, dull Collocations, bland Collocations, uninteresting, insipid, pedestrian Collocations, tedious Collocations