Definition of "barrenness" [bar•ren•ness]

• The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life. (noun)

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• "Indeed, I have worn out the mortars with beating wool and pounding drugs,186 and I am not to blame; the barrenness is with thee, for that thou art a snub-nosed mule and thy sperm is weak and watery and impregnateth not neither getteth children."
• "I have said that this condemnation to intellectual barrenness is the strongest proof of the essential servility of woman's position in the eyes of man, and I repeat that statement."
• "Judea admits of a high state of cultivation, and requires it, in order to be productive; its present barrenness is due to neglect."