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| badlands |
a barren region characterized by rock that has eroded into unusual shapes. |
| bleak1 |
cold, windswept, or barren. [1/2 definitions] |
| desert1 |
any barren place with little natural life; wasteland. [1/5 definitions] |
| desertify |
to cause to change from land capable of sustaining plant life and agriculture to desert land that is essentially barren. |
| desolate |
without those things necessary or desirable for life; bleak; barren. [2/6 definitions] |
| hungry |
lacking in nutrients; not fertile; barren. [1/5 definitions] |
| infertile |
of land, not fertile or productive; barren. [1/2 definitions] |
| inhospitable |
of a place or climate, not offering shelter or a favorable condition or aspect; barren; forbidding. [1/2 definitions] |
| no man's land |
a tract of usu. barren land of unknown ownership. [1/3 definitions] |
| regreening |
the process of rehabilitating land that has become barren so that it supports plant life once again. |
| sterile |
lacking or nearly devoid of vegetation; barren. [1/4 definitions] |
| void |
containing nothing; barren; empty. [1/11 definitions] |
| wasteland |
land that is barren or unsuitable for vegetation. [1/2 definitions] |
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