| CE II.i.91 | [Adriana to Luciana] Are my discourses dull? barren my wit? |
| MND III.ii.13 | [Puck to Oberon, of Bottom and the rustics] The shallowest thickskin of that barren sort |
| TN I.v.79 | [Malvolio to Olivia, of Feste] I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal |