WordNet sense 1 (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation):

waste, wasteland

WordNet sense 2 (providing no shelter or sustenance):

bare, bleak, desolate, stark, desolate

WordNet sense 3 (completely wanting or lacking):

destitute, devoid, innocent

WordNet sense 4 (holding or containing nothing):

empty

WordNet sense 5 (incapable of reproducing):

infertile, sterile

WordNet sense 6 (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat):

dead