Barren Grounds

American  

plural noun

1. a sparsely inhabited region of tundra in N Canada, especially in the area W of Hudson Bay.

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Example Sentences

“It’s a squarish block of dark granite,” Magnus observes of the object before noticing in it “a pair of thin and branching yellow lines, like twin rivers marked on a survey map.”The gold reportedly comes from Ox Lake in the desolate Barren Grounds, “five or six hundred miles away,” and Magnus swiftly dispatches an expedition to locate and mine the treasure.

From The Wall Street Journal

The once lush gardens are barren grounds punctuated with mosquito-riddled puddles.

From New York Times

When Capital City moved to its current home in 2012, Yamamoto, whose children attend the school, saw mostly barren grounds there, too: “It was nothing. It was not well taken care of, just some trees and plantings.”

From Washington Post

These "seedballs" will be their ammunition for the afternoon as they replant trees and grass in the barren grounds of their small school.

From BBC

When he arrived on the barren grounds, he ran into the head pro and his associate walking out of the pro shop.

From New York Times