barren

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Under a contentious deal inked with Australia this year, the island nation will provide 30-year visas for up to 350 immigrants -- many convicted of serious crimes -- for resettlement on the barren atoll.

From Barron's

"Even seemingly barren or hostile environments that are challenging to study may provide a place to call home for a diverse range of highly adaptable organisms," reflects co-author Michitaka Shimomura.

From Science Daily

It bears the marks of a mythic creation story—a barren moonscape brought to life.

From Science Magazine

Mars, crisscrossed by the ‘irrigation canals’ of astronomers’ imagination, was a seemingly barren wasteland.

From Scientific American

His legislative record is not only barren — in 16 years in Congress, he has never had a bill signed into law — it’s replete with acts of political sabotage.

From Los Angeles Times