(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation
the plains of Kyrenia were barren
the barren, burnt-up countryside
(of a place or building) bleak and lifeless
the sports hall turned out to be a rather barren concrete building
the flat feels too tidy, almost barren
a barren tract or tracts of land
the Newfoundland barrens
a group or drove of mules
the Greeks were seen to drive a barren of mules