1596 M. Drayton 117 Renewe this wearie barren-wombed earth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 36 A barren spirited Fellow. View more context for this quotation
1641 I. L. (single sheet) Vnfruitfull barren heartednesse.
1803 R. Southey (1856) I. 58 A barren-brained blockhead.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in 155 He left the barren-beaten thoroughfare.
1870 R. W. Emerson 204 What a barren-witted pate is mine!