See arid in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having little or no liquid or moisture:
anhydrous, bone-dry, dry, moistureless, sere, waterless. See dryHaving little or no precipitation:
droughty, dry, rainless, thirsty. See dryLacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:
aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired. See excite
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