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Meaning of BARRENNESS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a condition yielding nothing of value
  2. [n]  the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
 
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 Synonyms: aridity, fruitlessness
 
 Antonyms: fecundity, fruitfulness
 
 See Also: infertility, poorness, quality, sterility, unproductiveness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bar"ren*ness\, n.
The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
      A total barrenness of invention.         --Dryden.
 
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