adj. 25B6; adjective
barren land : UNPRODUCTIVE, infertile, unfruitful, sterile, arid, desert.
(archaic) a barren woman : INFERTILE, sterile, childless; technical infecund.
a barren exchange of courtesies : POINTLESS, futile, worthless, profitless, valueless, unrewarding, purposeless, useless, vain, aimless, hollow, empty, vacuous, vapid.
fertile.