Adjective
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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
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lacking sufficient water or rainfall
"an arid climate"
"a waterless well"
"miles of waterless country to cross"