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▸ adjective: (of plants, not comparable) Not bearing seed or fruit.
▸ adjective: (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
▸ adjective: (with of) Devoid, lacking.
▸ adjective: Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
▸ adjective: Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
▸ adjective: Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
▸ noun: An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
▸ noun: (usually in the plural) In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
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unfruitful,
inhospitable,
childless,
desolate,
unfertile,
bare,
sterile,
infertile,
bleak,
stark,
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