arid :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

adj. lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"

waste, desert, wild, desolate, god-forsaken

adj. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"

barren, childless

adj. without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"

bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain

adj. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

useless

adj. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

infertile, unfertile

adj. incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"

unimaginative, sterile, uninspired, uninventive

adj. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

sterile

adj. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"

adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked

adj. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"

anhydrous

adj. without water; especially without water of crystallization

bone-dry

adj. without a trace of moisture

dehydrated, desiccated, dried-out

adj. thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split"

dried

adj. not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears"

dried-up

adj. depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"

sear, shriveled, withered, dried-up, sere, shrivelled

adj. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

dry-shod

adj. having or keeping the feet or shoes dry; "a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod"

rainless

adj. lacking rain; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies"

thirsty

adj. needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

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