arid

desolate

adjective

(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

a desolate Pennine moor

barren,bleak,stark,bare,dismal,grim,desert,waste,arid,sterile,wild,windswept,inhospitable,exposed,deserted,uninhabited,unoccupied,depopulated,forsaken,godforsaken,abandoned,unpeopled,untenanted,evacuated,empty,vacated,vacant,unfrequented,unvisited,solitary,lonely,secluded,isolated,remote

verb

make (a place) appear bleakly empty.

the droughts that desolated the dry plains

devastate,ravage,ruin,make/leave desolate,leave in ruins,destroy,wreck,lay waste to,wreak havoc on,level,raze,demolish,wipe out,obliterate,annihilate,gut,depopulate,empty,depredate,spoliate

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boring

ˈbɔːrɪŋ

adjective

not interesting; tedious.

I’ve got a boring job in an office

tedious,dull,monotonous,repetitious,repetitive,unrelieved,lacking variety,lacking variation,lacking excitement,lacking interest,unvaried,unimaginative,uneventful,characterless,featureless,colourless,lifeless,soulless,passionless,spiritless,unspirited,insipid,uninteresting,unexciting,uninspiring,unstimulating,unoriginal,derivative,jejune,nondescript,sterile,flat,bland,(plain) vanilla,arid,dry,dry as dust,stale,wishy-washy,grey,anaemic,tired,banal,lame,plodding,ponderous,pedestrian,lacklustre,stodgy,dreary,mechanical,stiff,leaden,wooden,mind-numbing,soul-destroying,wearisome,tiring,tiresome,irksome,trying,frustrating,humdrum,prosaic,mundane,commonplace,workaday,quotidian,unremarkable,routine,run-of-the-mill,normal,usual,ordinary,conventional,suburban,garden variety,deadly,bog-standard,nothing to write home about,a dime a dozen,no great shakes,not up to much,samey,common or garden,dullsville,ornery

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bleakest

bliːk

adjective

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

a bleak and barren moor

bare,exposed,desolate,stark,arid,desert,denuded,lunar,open,empty,windswept,treeless,forestless,without vegetation,defoliated,unsheltered,unprotected,unshielded,unwooded

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bleaker

bliːk

adjective

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

a bleak and barren moor

bare,exposed,desolate,stark,arid,desert,denuded,lunar,open,empty,windswept,treeless,forestless,without vegetation,defoliated,unsheltered,unprotected,unshielded,unwooded

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bleak

bliːk

adjective

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

a bleak and barren moor

bare,exposed,desolate,stark,arid,desert,denuded,lunar,open,empty,windswept,treeless,forestless,without vegetation,defoliated,unsheltered,unprotected,unshielded,unwooded

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barrens

/ˈbar(ə)n/

adjective

(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

the plains of Kyrenia were barren

unproductive,infertile,unfruitful,sterile,arid,desert,waste,desolate,uncultivatable

noun

A barren tract or tracts of land.

the Newfoundland barrens

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barrenest

/ˈbar(ə)n/

adjective

(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

the plains of Kyrenia were barren

unproductive,infertile,unfruitful,sterile,arid,desert,waste,desolate,uncultivatable

noun

A barren tract or tracts of land.

the Newfoundland barrens

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barrener

/ˈbar(ə)n/

adjective

(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

the plains of Kyrenia were barren

unproductive,infertile,unfruitful,sterile,arid,desert,waste,desolate,uncultivatable

noun

A barren tract or tracts of land.

the Newfoundland barrens

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barren

/ˈbɛrən/

adjective

(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

the plains of Kyrenia were barren

unproductive,infertile,unfruitful,sterile,arid,desert,waste,desolate,uncultivatable

noun

A barren tract or tracts of land.

crossing the barrens was no easy feat

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