1 (of land or soil) not good enough for plants to grow on it:
a barren desert * a barren landscape (= one that is bare, with few plants)
2 (of plants or trees) not producing fruit or seeds
3 (old-fashioned or formal) (of women or female animals) not able to produce children or young animals
SYNINFERTILE
4 [usuallybeforenoun] not producing anything useful or successful:
The team will come through this barren patch and start to win again.
barrenness noun [U]
