barren
12
6.8
- adjective
- /ˈbɛrən/
- Archaic
:
infértil
- And I am barren.
- a barren woman
He has a mother and father and they're barren.
- He has a mother and father and they're barren.
- I mean, a lot of the patriarchs chicks were barren.
Examples
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Furthermore, she is permanently barren; she can't have children.
Fiction book (1991) -
It is well known that Calpurnia is barren.
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Because of you, every woman and animal is now barren.
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Bridge, do you want to get married and have babies before you become barren?
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There was no need to mention that Anne had proved to be barren after giving birth to her first baby.
Fiction book (1994) -
You said He promised us descendants; yet here I am, still barren... and aging.
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Her life was plagued by sadness, for she was barren but wanted children badly.
Academic text (1995) -
Cornelia is barren.
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Her life was plagued by sadness, for she was barren but wanted children badly.
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You see, my wife is barren and she can't give me a child.
Synonyms
19
5.2
Not able to have babies or other young
19
5.3
Unable to have babies or make seeds
Unable to have babies or make seeds
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A large Arctic deer that lives on the tundra and migrates long distances
A long-lived plant with deep roots that grows in dry sandy pine areas of the southeastern United States
How Fertile
24
2.8
- Archaic
12
6.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Barren comes from an old French word barain that meant 'unable to give birth'. So people used barren for a woman or animal that could not have young, and it still means 'sterile' today.