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English Dictionary: barrenness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrenness
n
  1. the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
  2. the quality of yielding nothing of value
    Synonym(s): fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness
    Antonym(s): fecundity, fruitfulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barrenness \Bar"ren*ness\, n.
      The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
  
               A total barrenness of invention.            --Dryden.
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