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单词 harvestless
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harvestlessadj.

Etymology: -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈharvestless.
Devoid of harvests or crops; sterile, unproductive.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > exhausted
worn1681
sickly1697
potato-sick1834
harvestless1868
scourged1880
turnip-sick1880
soil-sick1962
desertified1980
1868 A. I. Menken Infelicia 81 Break up the harvestless ridges where we starved.
1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary v. i. 226 Harvestless autumns, horrible agues, plague.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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