barren
gb/bˈɛɹən/ us/bˈɛɹən/
B1
Engleză
~ 4800
Sensuri
0 sensuri
adjective
B1
property
1
Unable to produce vegetation
Not able to grow plants or crops.
Tipar de utilizare:
[land/soil/area] is barren
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. 'Bare' means without covering, while 'barren' means unable to produce life or growth.
Sinonime
infertile (More technical and often used in scientific or agricultural contexts.)
Antonime
fertile (Describes land capable of producing abundant vegetation.)
Colocații
barren land
|barren soil
|barren desert
|barren landscape
Teme
nature
|agriculture
|environment
Exemple
- The barren desert stretched for miles without a single tree.
- Years of over-farming left the once-rich fields barren.
- We drove through a barren landscape of rocks and dust.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The land is barren and dry.
- This soil is barren and cannot grow food.
- We saw a barren desert on our trip.
adjective
B2
property
2
Unable to conceive children
Not able to have children or babies.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] is barren
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. In this sense, 'barren' refers specifically to reproduction, not lack of covering.
Sinonime
sterile (More clinical or medical in tone.)
Antonime
fertile (Able to conceive and have children.)
Colocații
barren woman
|born barren
Teme
health
|family
|animals
Exemple
- She felt deep sadness after learning she was barren.
- In the past, being barren often carried social stigma.
- The mare was found to be barren after several attempts to breed her.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The woman is barren and cannot have children.
- She learned she was barren after visiting the doctor.
- The mare is barren and will not have foals.
adjective
B2
property
3
Empty of value or interest
Not having anything useful or interesting.
Tipar de utilizare:
[period/effort/discussion] is barren
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may overuse this sense for any kind of emptiness; it usually refers to lack of results, ideas, or productivity.
Sinonime
unproductive (Emphasizes lack of results rather than emptiness.)
Antonime
fruitful (Producing good or useful results.)
Colocații
barren effort
|barren discussion
|barren years
Teme
emotions
|work
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- It was a barren meeting with no new ideas.
- The artist went through a barren period in his career.
- Our search for clues proved completely barren.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The talk was barren and gave no ideas.
- He had a barren time with no work.
- The search was barren and found nothing.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
barren
IPA
GB/bˈɛɹən/
US/bˈɛɹən/
Silabe și accent
bar - ren (2 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (bar)
Forme ale cuvântului
Adjective
- Base: barren
Familie de cuvinte
Core family
barrenness
noun
Related words
infertile
adjective
infertility
noun
Negative and opposite forms
fertile
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
barrenly
adverb
Expresii
barren of
1/bˈɛɹən əv/
fixed phrase
Completely lacking something
Having none of a particular thing.
Exemple
- The report was barren of new information.
- His speech was barren of emotion.