arid

adjectives

lacking sufficient water or rainfall
"an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
arid, waterless
is derived from
aridity
is derived from
aridness
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
arid, desiccate, desiccated