n. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"

adj. without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"

adj. not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"

adj. providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

n. arid land with little or no vegetation

adj. lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"

adj. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"

adj. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

adj. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

adj. incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"

adj. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

adj. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"

adj. producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

adj. certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"

adj. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

adj. not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

adj. lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

adj. characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; " a solitary walk"

adj. failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

adj. producing no fruit

adj. not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"

adj. failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

adj. producing no fruit

adj. without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"

adj. very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"

adj. very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"

adj. open to or swept by wind; "windswept headlands"

adj. productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"

adj. bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"

adj. productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"