Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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barren | Yes | Yes | No | No |
bare | No | Yes | Yes | No |
barren (noun) | bare (noun) |
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an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation |
barren (adjective) | bare (adjective) |
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providing no shelter or sustenance | lacking its natural or customary covering |
completely wanting or lacking | not having a protective covering |
not bearing offspring | having everything extraneous removed including contents |
providing no shelter or sustenance | |
lacking in magnitude or quantity | |
just barely adequate or within a lower limit | |
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | |
lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
having no clothes on the body | |
lacking a surface finish such as paint |
barren (verb) | bare (verb) |
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lay bare | |
make public | |
expose to view |