barren of adj : completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding" [syn: {barren of(p)}, {destitute of(p)}, {devoid of(p)}, {empty of(p)}, {innocent of(p)}, {void of(p)}]