barren
An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate placeAn area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
» He is barren of creative spirit.
Он совершенно не творческий человек. — soweli_Elepanto
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2 sensesAn area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
Ödland, Öde, Kargland
пу́стошьpústošʹ
(usually plural)In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Examples
35 sentencesHe is barren of creative spirit.
ruОн совершенно не творческий человек. — soweli_Elepanto
Ziri was on a barren atoll.
Edmundo lives on a barren planet.
Winter came and made all barren.
He had to spend many barren days.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bareyne, from Anglo-Norman baraigne, baraing (“sterile; barren”), of oFrom Middle English bareyne, from Anglo-Norman baraigne, baraing (“sterile; barren”), of obscure origin; probably from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). If so, a cognate of English bare.
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