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Meanings of quite barren in English

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Usage of quite barren in English
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The mountains are quite barren here; calcareous rock predominates, with some flint.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
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Temminck also found the hybrids from these two species quite barren.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
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England was at this period quite barren of remarkable events.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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We go up a long trail over a ridge, with loose soil, quite barren.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
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I seem quite barren, but is there not a cause?
Religion in Earnest: A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York
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Nor was the week quite barren of similar delights.
Marcella
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The rooms, as you will see, are quite barren.
Midnight at the well of souls
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The western coast generally consists of low, rounded, quite barren hills of granite and greenstone.
The Voyage of the Beagle
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England, in the meantime, was quite barren of such events as deserve a place in history.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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The landing with its bare stone floor was familiar to him and quite barren of interest.
The Soul of a Child
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Regnelli, the illegitimate unions quite barren.- -O. speciosa.-O.
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
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Mount Carmel is quite barren, being only covered here and there with brambles; but the view is magnificent.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
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Forty years ago astronomical research seemed quite barren of results of great interest or value to our race.
Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
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It appeared to be a desert, quite barren-nota tree, shrub, house, or living creature to be seen.
Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children'...
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Most days he spent morning and afternoon reading, and most afternoons and mornings were quite barren of phone calls.
One night stands & lost weekends
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To her right the arid inner slope of the crater swept down, not quite barren of life, but nearly.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
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