arid, adj.
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
<adj.all>
arid desiccate desiccated
sample sentences
"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
semantic pointers
similar to
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
<adj.all>
arid waterless
sample sentences
"an arid climate""a waterless well"
"miles of waterless country to cross"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to