Land or soil of poor fertility; producing little or no vegetation.

• Not bearing seed or fruit; sterile ground.
• Bleak and lifeless in appearance.

Unable to bear children or produce offspring; sterile.

• Infertile of people or animals.

Lacking or devoid of something needed.

• Unproductive; yielding no results or ideas.
• Dull or lifeless in effect.

A desolate, infertile area with sparse growth.

• Especially a flat upland supporting only shrubs or mosses.