Arid
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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
(2) Lacking sufficient water or rainfall
"An arid climate"
"A waterless well"
"Miles of waterless country to cross"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Very dry.
- Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
- Devoid of value.
Quotations
- 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 37
- Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.