| depleted(adjective, hard, weak, poor, small) |
| impoverished(adjective, hard, poor, dry, bare) |
| infecund(adjective, weak, clean, dead, bleak) |
| parched(adjective, hard, dry, bare, stale) |
| profitless(adjective, flat, poor, base, inferior) |
| wilderness(noun, area, environment, waste, wild) |
| inadequate(adjective, weak, slight, poor, thin) |
| unsuccessful(adjective, inadequate, feeble, useless, trivial) |
| counterproductive(adjective, poor, base, inferior, insignificant) |
| dead(adjective, working) |
| desolation(noun, area, environment, region, habitat) |
| destitute(adjective, clear, free, poor, full) |
| dreary(adjective, desolate) |
| dull(adjective, unprofitable) |
| exhausted(adjective, hard, poor, dry, useless) |
| fallow(adjective, clean, dry, dead, bleak) |
| idle(adjective, inadequate, feeble, useless, trivial) |
| insipid |
| meagre(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant) |
| inhospitable(adjective, desolate) |