desiccated

Adjective

• 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
    

• preserved by removing natural moisture
  • dried beef
    
  • dried fruit
    
  • dehydrated eggs
    
  • shredded and desiccated coconut meat
    

• thoroughly dried out
  • old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars
    
  • dried-out boards beginning to split
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  arid , desiccate , dried , dehydrated , dried-out