Barren and Short

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Barren

Barren adjective - Utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected.
Usage example: their proposal for revitalizing the downtown business district is utterly barren of useful ideas
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Short and barren are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Barren".
Nearby Words: barrenness, barrenly

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
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Barren and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barren" instead an adjective "Short".
Nearby Words: shorten, shortened, shortage, shortness, shorted

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  • There are vastly more applicants than openings, so the couple pull every dirty trick possible to get on the short list, and eventually get to go the colony world—which is a barren frozen hell hole.
    Source: Doom As Test Prize
  • Expansion Pack World The Coerthas region has several areas that were mostly mountainsides and large rolling lush green hills, but after the Calamity happened, the landscape was changed in such a short amount of time that all of Coerthas became a near barren frozen wasteland.
    Source: Expansion Pack World
  • Beard of Sorrow Blaine decides that this is a good opportunity for him to explore his "rugged mountain man side" and grow a beard in Kurt's honor, which he calls the "Glorious Beard of my Barren Solitude" (GBOMBS for short).
    Source: Beard of Sorrow
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