noun. The state of being unproductive, as land, stock, capital, labor, etc.

noun. The characteristic of being unproductive; lack of productiveness.

noun. the quality of lacking the power to produce

"Walton provides a chart with all the instances p.48, and suggests that the evidence points to the term denoting unproductiveness rather than lack of material form."

aridity  barrenness  fruitlessness  

aridity  barrenness  chilblain  cretinism  dearth  

absurdity  aimlessness  bootlessness  emptiness  fatuity