adj mentally dull; stupid.
2. barren ·noun a tract of barren land.
3. barren ·adj unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
4. barren ·adj not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
5. barren ·adj incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile;
said of women and female animals.
6. barren ·noun elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. they are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.