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Contexts ▼▲ (of soil or land) Opposite of producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops Opposite of producing many new and inventive ideas Opposite of existing in large amounts or numbers (of countryside) Opposite of green with grass or other rich vegetation Opposite of carrying developing offspring within the body (sparse) Opposite of rich and profuse in growth (sparse) Opposite of rich and profuse in growth … more ▼ ▲ Adjective ▲ (of soil or land) Opposite of producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops infertile barren sterile unfruitful unproductive dead unfertile dry impotent infecund poor fruitless sparse useless desolate waste stark bony boney impoverished hardscrabble scarce arid inhospitable uncultivable unbearing deserted unvegetated bare depleted parched harsh fallow desert uncultivatable Adjective ▲ Opposite of producing many new and inventive ideas unimaginative dull boring stale commonplace prosaic tedious banal flat humdrum uninspired pedestrian monotonous trite vapid insipid hackneyed unoriginal unexciting lifeless dry bland uninspiring tame mundane lacklustreUK routine ordinary common spiritless lacklusterUS derivative vanilla stodgy conventional sterile workaday hacky predictable usual bromidic uncreative barren uninventive unadventurous derived zero pabulum unartistic square plain vanilla run of the mill unromantic imitative literal unpoetical reasonable realistic real unresourceful typical standard familiar clichéd normal tired time-honored stock old warmed-over used worn Adjective ▲ Opposite of existing in large amounts or numbers scant scarce bare minimal spare deficient inadequate insufficient meagreUK skimpy small sparing sparse barren fruitless impotent lacking meagerUS unfruitful unproductive wanting thin on the ground Adjective ▲ (of countryside) Opposite of green with grass or other rich vegetation barren leafless dying unproductive dead unfertile infertile unfruitful sterile poor sparse meagreUK plain meagerUS scanty destitute scarce bare downmarket arid impoverished unprofitable disadvantaged penniless pauperized impecunious skint insolvent bankrupted beggared needy broke unaffluent penurious indigent ruined deprived indebted bankrupt poverty-stricken underprivileged languishing slight failing unrewarding simple thin unadorned Adjective ▲ Opposite of carrying developing offspring within the body nonpregnant insignificant trivial unmeaningful Adjective ▲ (sparse) Opposite of rich and profuse in growth sparse bare inadequate scarce limited slight sporadic scant paltry meagerUS meagreUK stingy infrequent scattered scanty occasional light skimpy dispersed exiguous poor thinly distributed “Bohemian Waxwings breed in open areas and edges of boreal forests, often in places with sparse tree cover above brushy understory.” Adjective ▲ (sparse) Opposite of rich and profuse in growth sparse clean indefinite mild moderate moral rare scarce Find more words! 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