barren sterile infertile unfruitful fruitless unproductive arid bare childless unprolific effete desolate waste empty desert dead bleak lifeless dry fallow impoverished stark unfertile boney bony poor deplete hardscrabble exhausted drain lean spend untended untilled uncultivated weakened uncultivable unyielde lonely desert harsh austere inhospitable parch windswept sap reduce diminish enervate denude frigid limp unresponsive hamstrung impuissant handcuff paralyse paralyze cripple incapacitate powerless helpless weak ineffective ineffectual toothless useless feeble incapable vulnerable frail defenseless defenceless strengthless unfit prostrate compromise disadvantage inadequate disadvantageous supine resistless restrain restrict edentulous hapless susceptible forceless puny pathetic lack feckless lame emasculate unable debilitate passive inert dependent unarmed