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View definitions for barren

barren

adjective as in unable to support growth

adjective as in unprofitable

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Example Sentences

The last time he registered an assist stretched back even longer to 1 December, these being his longest barren runs since joining Chelsea.

From BBC

Search teams combed the barren marshland on foot near to where he was found while a helicopter and drones searched for any clues on how and why he got there.

From BBC

The camp, on barren desert land, hardly resembles a home.

From BBC

The barren surroundings reflect the frozen limbo Ukraine finds itself in.

From BBC

The Uruguayan rugby players stranded atop a barren Argentinian mountain range didn’t stop being themselves when they started eating each other; they were worn down, bit by bit, until the unthinkable became normal.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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