barren vs hebetate

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. 

hebetate

adj
  • obtuse; dull 

  • Having a dull or blunt and soft point 

verb
  • To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt. 

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