barren
gb/bˈɛɹən/ us/bˈɛɹən/
B1
ఆంగ్లం
~ 4800
అర్థాలు
0 అర్థాలు
adjective
B1
property
1
Unable to produce vegetation
Not able to grow plants or crops.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[land/soil/area] is barren
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. 'Bare' means without covering, while 'barren' means unable to produce life or growth.
పర్యాయపదాలు
infertile (More technical and often used in scientific or agricultural contexts.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
fertile (Describes land capable of producing abundant vegetation.)
పదకలయికలు
barren land
|barren soil
|barren desert
|barren landscape
విషయాలు
nature
|agriculture
|environment
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[someone] is barren
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. In this sense, 'barren' refers specifically to reproduction, not lack of covering.
పర్యాయపదాలు
sterile (More clinical or medical in tone.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
fertile (Able to conceive and have children.)
పదకలయికలు
barren woman
|born barren
విషయాలు
health
|family
|animals
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[period/effort/discussion] is barren
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may overuse this sense for any kind of emptiness; it usually refers to lack of results, ideas, or productivity.
పర్యాయపదాలు
unproductive (Emphasizes lack of results rather than emptiness.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
fruitful (Producing good or useful results.)
పదకలయికలు
barren effort
|barren discussion
|barren years
విషయాలు
emotions
|work
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- The talk was barren and gave no ideas.
- He had a barren time with no work.
- The search was barren and found nothing.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
barren
IPA
GB/bˈɛɹən/
US/bˈɛɹən/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
bar - ren (2 అక్షరఖండాలు)
Stress on 1st syllable (bar)
పద రూపాలు
Adjective
- Base: barren
సంబంధిత పదాలు
Core family
barrenness
noun
Related words
infertile
adjective
infertility
noun
Negative and opposite forms
fertile
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
barrenly
adverb
పదప్రయోగాలు
barren of
1/bˈɛɹən əv/
fixed phrase
Completely lacking something
Having none of a particular thing.
ఉదాహరణలు
- The report was barren of new information.
- His speech was barren of emotion.