desiccated
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(s) thoroughly dried out
- old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars
- dried-out boards beginning to split
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(s) preserved by removing natural moisture
- dried beef
- dried fruit
- dehydrated eggs
- shredded and desiccated coconut meat
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(s) 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