What is the meaning of arid?

adjective

  • Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
    • usage: "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
  • 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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