barrenness
pronunciation
How to pronounce barrenness in British English:
UK ['bærənnəs]
How to pronounce barrenness in American English:
US ['bærənnəs]
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- Noun:
- the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- a condition yielding nothing of value
Word Origin
- barrenness (n.)
- late 14c., literal; mid-14c., figurative (of spiritual emptiness), from barren + -ness.
Example
- 1. The lures of a celebrity culture and the barrenness of the educational landscape have left little room for broader civic concerns .
- 2. Richness and poverty , abundance and barrenness grow together here .
- 3. That cavity in our chests , that barrenness at our core , that void in our centre is the place where the heart once beat and which love once occupied .
- 4. For many young people today , the lures of a celebrity culture and the barrenness of their educational landscape have left little room for broader civic concerns .
- 5. In all this barrenness and cold , what is there of value ?