barren vs nonpositive

barren

adj
  • Bleak. 

  • Unable to bear children; sterile. 

  • Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation. 

  • Mentally dull; stupid. 

  • Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. 

noun
  • An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place. 

nonpositive

adj
  • Not positive. 

  • Not positive; either zero or negative. 

noun
  • Any value that is not positive. 

How often have the words barren and nonpositive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )