Barren

1. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
2. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
3. A tract of barren land.
4. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
5. Mentally dull; stupid.
6. 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.