aridadjective
uk/ˈær.ɪd/us/ˈer.ɪd/C2 specialized environment very dry and without enough rain for plants:
The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there.
formal unsuccessful:
After several arid years, the company has started to become successful.
formal not interesting and showing no imagination:
I found his writing extremely arid.
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Dry weather, arid conditions & dryness
- aridity
- as dry as a bone idiom
- bone
- bone dry idiom
- dehydrate
- desertification
- desiccation
- dried
- dry
- dry (sth) out
- dry up
- dust devil
- frazzled
- parch
- parched
- scorched
- semi-arid
- subarid
- sun-baked
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Unsuccessful (people and things)
Tedious and uninspiring