barren
suomi-englanti sanakirjabarren englannista suomeksi
jtak vailla oleva, paljas, autio
hedelmätön, maho, steriili, lisääntymiskyvytön
karu
hedelmätön maa
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barren englanniksi
Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
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(RQ:Shakespeare Julius Caesar)
(quote-journal) believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
(RQ:Macaulay History of England)
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August 28, 1731, (w), letter to (w)
- But schemes are perfectly accidental. Some will appear barren of hints and matter, but prove to be fruitful.
Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
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(RQ:Prescott Mexico)
(RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam)
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Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
(quote-book)| title=(w)|edition=1st|location=New York|publisher=(w)|isbn= 0-385-24950-0 |lccn= 89037438 |oclc=20093277|page=165|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/fallofhyperion00simm/page/165|passage=Sol squinted out over the barrens to where the mountains shimmered in the heat haze.
In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
{{quote-book|en|year=1971|origyear=1766|author=Averil M. Lysaght|title=Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766: His Diary, Manuscripts, and Collections|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=9780520017801|page=121
1968 (originally written: 1794), Aaron Thomas, ''The Newfoundland Journal of Aaron Thomas'', page 104:
- Here it was now, by the side of a Swamp in the Barrens of Newfoundland, threadbare, wet, dirty.
{{quote-book|en|year=1819|author=Lewis Amadeus Anspach|title=A History of the Island of Newfoundland: Containing a Description of the Island, the Banks, the Fisheries and Trade of Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador|page=294
{{quote-book|en|year=1843|author=Joseph Beete Jukes|title=General Report of the Geological Survey of Newfoundland: Executed Under the Direction of the Government and Legislature of the Colony During the Years 1839 and 1840|page=22
{{quote-book|en|year=1879|title=Littell's Living Age|page=362
{{quote-book|en|year=1897|author=Moses Harvey|title=Newfoundland in 1897|page=150
{{quote-book|en|year=1907|author=Charles Wendell Townsend|author2=Glover Morrill Allen|title=Birds of Labrador|page=282
{{quote-book|en|year=1947|author=Väinö Tanner|title=Outlines of the Geography, Life & Customs of Newfoundland-Labrador|page=348
{{quote-book|en|year=1976|author=Bernard S. Jackson (Entomologist)|title=Butterflies of Oxen Pond Botanic Park: Their Conservation and Management|page=36
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