barren

(noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation. Synonyms: waste, wasteland. Examples: "The barrens of central africa." "The trackless wastes of the desert."

(adj) providing no shelter or sustenance. Synonyms: bare, bleak, desolate, stark. Examples: "Bare rocky hills." "Barren lands." "The bleak treeless regions of the high andes." "The desolate surface of the moon." "A stark landscape."

(adj) not bearing offspring. Examples: "A barren woman." "Learned early in his marriage that he was sterile."

(adj) completely wanting or lacking. Synonyms: destitute, devoid, free, innocent. Examples: "Writing barren of insight." "Young recruits destitute of experience." "Innocent of literary merit." "The sentence was devoid of meaning."