Barren
Barren adjective - Producing no results.
Usage example: that line of investigation proved barren, so the police tried other avenues
Pointless and barren are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pointless" instead an adjective "Barren".
Nearby Words: barrenness, barrenly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- It's considered even more reasonable when considering the backstory of a spiteful father, Zepheniah Mann, whose dying wish is for his two sons, Blutarch and Redmond, to endlessly fight for pointless barren land.
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