barrenness

n. sterility, infertility; desolateness, emptiness

Infertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a man or a woman to contribute to conception. Infertility may also refer to the state of a woman who is unable to carry a pregnancy to full term. There are many biological causes of infertility, some which may be bypassed with medical intervention.
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Noun
1. the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
(hypernym) sterility, infertility
2. a condition yielding nothing of value
(synonym) fruitlessness, aridity
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) poorness

(n.)
The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
  

barrenness; torn away