barren
gb/bˈɛɹən/ us/bˈɛɹən/
B1
İngilizce
~ 4800
Anlamlar
0 anlam
adjective
B1
property
1
Unable to produce vegetation
Not able to grow plants or crops.
Kullanım kalıbı:
[land/soil/area] is barren
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. 'Bare' means without covering, while 'barren' means unable to produce life or growth.
Eş anlamlılar
infertile (More technical and often used in scientific or agricultural contexts.)
Zıt anlamlılar
fertile (Describes land capable of producing abundant vegetation.)
Eşdizimler
barren land
|barren soil
|barren desert
|barren landscape
Konular
nature
|agriculture
|environment
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- 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.
Kullanım kalıbı:
[someone] is barren
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners sometimes confuse 'barren' with 'bare'. In this sense, 'barren' refers specifically to reproduction, not lack of covering.
Eş anlamlılar
sterile (More clinical or medical in tone.)
Zıt anlamlılar
fertile (Able to conceive and have children.)
Eşdizimler
barren woman
|born barren
Konular
health
|family
|animals
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- 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.
Kullanım kalıbı:
[period/effort/discussion] is barren
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may overuse this sense for any kind of emptiness; it usually refers to lack of results, ideas, or productivity.
Eş anlamlılar
unproductive (Emphasizes lack of results rather than emptiness.)
Zıt anlamlılar
fruitful (Producing good or useful results.)
Eşdizimler
barren effort
|barren discussion
|barren years
Konular
emotions
|work
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- The talk was barren and gave no ideas.
- He had a barren time with no work.
- The search was barren and found nothing.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
barren
IPA
GB/bˈɛɹən/
US/bˈɛɹən/
Heceler ve vurgu
bar - ren (2 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (bar)
Kelime biçimleri
Adjective
- Base: barren
Kelime ailesi
Core family
barrenness
noun
Related words
infertile
adjective
infertility
noun
Negative and opposite forms
fertile
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
barrenly
adverb
İfadeler
barren of
1/bˈɛɹən əv/
fixed phrase
Completely lacking something
Having none of a particular thing.
Örnekler
- The report was barren of new information.
- His speech was barren of emotion.