n. | 1. | The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. |
Noun | 1. | barrenness - the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children |
2. | barrenness - a condition yielding nothing of value Synonyms: aridity, fruitlessness |
BARRENNESS. The incapacity to produce a child. This, when arising from impotence, is a cause for dissolving a marriage. 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 254.
infertility, sterility