arid
IPA: ˈærʌd
adjective
- Very dry.
- Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
- (figurative) Devoid of value.
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Examples of "arid" in Sentences
- The desert has an arid climate.
- The climate of the area is arid.
- The flatlands are arid and inhospitable.
- The climate of the basin is hot and arid.
- The majority of the country is an arid wasteland.
- Many are adapted to the arid climates of the desert.
- The land is arid, as if desertification was imminent.
- In the centre it is arid, and in the south it is temperate.
- Aridity and desertification and their effects on food security.
- To the north is the arid interior drainage basin of the Mojave Desert.
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