Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren
Definition: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Usage: the barrens of central Africa; the trackless wastes of the desert
Similar words: wild, wilderness
Definition: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
Usage: it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
Synonyms: free, destitute, devoid, barren, innocent
Definition: completely wanting or lacking
Usage: writing barren of insight; young recruits destitute of experience; innocent of literary merit; the sentence was devoid of meaning
Similar words: nonexistent
Definition: not having existence or being or actuality
Usage: chimeras are nonexistent
Synonyms: barren
Definition: not bearing offspring
Usage: a barren woman; learned early in his marriage that he was sterile
Similar words: unfertile, sterile, infertile
Definition: incapable of reproducing
Usage: an infertile couple
Synonyms: desolate, bleak, bare, barren, stark
Definition: providing no shelter or sustenance
Usage: bare rocky hills; barren lands; the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes; the desolate surface of the moon; a stark landscape
Similar words: inhospitable
Definition: unfavorable to life or growth
Usage: the barren inhospitable desert; inhospitable mountain areas