barren
/ˈbærən/adjective
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बंजर, ऊसर
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(of land or soil) not good enough to grow crops on
बंजर, ऊसर
- Nothing grows on this barren land.
- Farmers turned the barren fields into green orchards with drip irrigation.
- The barren hills of the desert get hardly any rain.
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- Years of salt in the water left the soil barren.
- Farmers used compost to make the barren plot fertile.
Synonyms infertile arid sterile
Opposite fertile productive lush
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old-fashioned
(of a woman or a female animal) unable to have babies
बाँझ
- The queen was believed to be barren.
- In the old story, a barren woman is blessed with a child.
- The old story tells of a barren queen who prayed for a child.
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- Doctors now treat many causes that once made women seem barren.
Synonyms infertile
Opposite fertile
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~ (of sth)
without anything interesting, useful or successful
नीरस, निष्फल
- a barren period for the team
- After a barren season without a single goal, the striker finally scored.
- The politician went through a barren period without any success.
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- The artist felt barren of ideas that winter.
- It was a barren debate that produced no result.
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barrenness noun