Arid

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  • adjective. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants.
  • adjective. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Dry; without moisture; parched with heat; hence, figuratively, uninteresting, lifeless, dull, pithless, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Very dry.
  • adjective. Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  • adjective. Devoid of value.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  • adjective. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
    • Word Usage
    "Still, the book is often read in arid isolation, as merely a prophetic anticipation of more modern economic theory."
    cross-reference
    semiarid  
    Equivalent
    dry  dull  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Herod  harrod  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barren  desolate  fertile  frigid  inhospitable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Saharan  academic  acarpous  anhydrous  athirst  
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