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barrenness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun barrenness has 2 senses
- barrenness(n = noun.state) Array - the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children; Array is a kind of infertility, sterility
- barrenness(n = noun.attribute) aridity, fruitlessness - the quality of yielding nothing of value; Array is a kind of quality
Derived form adjective barren2
has particulars: poorness, unproductiveness
Derived form adjective barren1
CIDE DICTIONARY
barrenness, n.
The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. [1913 Webster]
"A total barrenness of invention."
[1913 Webster]
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