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

adj. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo

dried, dehydrated, desiccated

adj. preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"

godforsaken, waste, wild

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

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"

sterile, unfertile, infertile

adj. incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"

uninspired

adj. having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement; "the production was professional but uninspired"

sterile

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

sunbaked

adj. baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned; "sunbaked adobe bricks"

anhydrous

adj. without water; especially without water of crystallization

arid, desiccate, desiccated

adj. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo

bone-dry

adj. without a trace of moisture

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"

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

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"

sunbaked

adj. baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned; "sunbaked adobe bricks"

anhydrous

adj. without water; especially without water of crystallization

bone-dry

adj. without a trace of moisture

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"

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

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"

aged, cured

adj. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace

adj. (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar

canned, tinned

adj. sealed in a can or jar

condensed, evaporated

adj. used of milk: reduced in volume by having moisture expelled before canning

corned, cured

adj. (used especially of meat) cured in brine

cured

adj. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry

flash-frozen, quick-frozen, frozen

adj. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods"

freeze-dried

adj. preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dried coffee"

lyophilized, lyophilised, freeze-dried

adj. used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum

pickled

adj. (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid

potted

adj. preserved in a pot or can or jar; "potted meat"; "potted shrimp"

salted, salt-cured, brine-cured

adj. (used especially of meats) preserved in salt

smoked, smoke-cured, smoke-dried

adj. (used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke

sun-dried, sundried

adj. dried naturally by the sun; "sun-dried apricots"

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