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

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

Related: The Guardian in Mexico City: how to follow our stories and get involved For minds that are habituated to thinking of living in terms of its possibilities of representation – narrative, poetic, pictorial, photographic – space is more than just the barren grounds in which daily life and daily work happen be.

From The Guardian