barrenness

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barrenness
n. sterility, infertility; desolateness, emptiness

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Infertility
Infertility is the inability of a person, animal or plant to reproduce by natural means. It is usually not the natural state of a healthy adult organism, except notably among certain eusocial species (mostly haplodiploid insects).

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barrenness

Noun
1. the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
(hypernym) sterility, infertility
2. a condition yielding nothing of value
(synonym) fruitlessness, aridity
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) poorness


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Barrenness
(n.)
The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
  

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Ekron
barrenness; torn away
  

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About