barrenness
1. the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children • Derivationally related forms: barren • Hypernyms: sterility, infertility 2. the quality of yielding nothing of value • Syn: fruitlessness, aridity • Ant: fruitfulness (for: fruitlessness) • Derivationally related forms: barren, fruitless (for: fruitlessness) • Hypernyms: quality • Hyponyms: poorness, unproductiveness
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