barrenness

Definitions

The state of being unable to produce offspring or fruit.

The quality of being bleak, lifeless, or devoid of vegetation.

A lack of productivity or meaningful results.

Examples

The barrenness of the desert landscape was both intimidating and strangely beautiful.

After years of drought, the barrenness of the once-fertile fields left the farmers in despair.

She felt a profound sense of barrenness in her creative life, unable to find inspiration for her next novel.

Synonyms

sterility unfruitfulness desolation emptiness aridity infecundity vacancy

Antonyms

fertility fecundity fruitfulness productivity abundance richness lushness