arid

arid
adj
1. parched, extremely dry, thirsty, moistureless, waterless, Chem. anhydrous; droughty, without rain, torrid, burning; baked, roasted, toasted, burnt; scorched, singed, charred, blistered; dried-up, withered, sere, shriveled, shrunken; dehydrated, evaporated, desiccated.
2. barren, unproductive, sterile, infertile, unfertile, unfruitful, fruitless, infecund, unfecund; uncultivable, uncultivatable, poor, deficient, lacking, impoverished, depleted, drained, devoid, empty, destitute; desert, desolate, bare, plain, stark, naked, stripped.
3. unimaginative, prosaic, prosy, commonplace; unsuggestive, sterile, pointless, purposeless; uninteresting, dull, flat, tasteless, bland; monotonous, boring, Sl. a drag, lifeless, drab, dreary; insipid, jejune, vapid, humdrum, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, soporifer-ous.

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