barren of

idiom

formal
: being without (something)
a hillside barren of trees

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Their legs lay asymmetrically, and the graves are entirely barren of any goods, except for a single stone armband dating to around 2,200 years ago. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025 Today, Harris Ranch is mostly barren of business opportunities. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 21 June 2024 Soleil Ho should know that countries barren of liberties are also barren of groceries. K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024 Parts of the Midwest, like Chicago, Minneapolis and the Dakotas, were barren of snow. Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for barren of

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“Barren of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barren%20of. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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