barrenness
barrenness Lexical Profile
barrenness Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state or condition of land or soil being too poor, dry, or depleted to produce vegetation or crops.
"Years of severe drought and overgrazing contributed to the stark barrenness of the valley."
The biological inability to conceive or produce offspring or seed; infertility.
"In many ancient agricultural societies, barrenness was viewed with deep sorrow and social stigma."
A lack of intellectual, artistic, emotional, or spiritual richness, originality, or meaningful results.
"Critics lamented the imaginative barrenness of the studio's latest series of formulaic sequels."
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the adjective 'barren' (borrowed from Old French 'baraigne', meaning 'sterile' or 'unproductive') combined with the native English noun-forming suffix '-ness'.