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The Clue

Like a dust bowl (4 letter answer)

The Answer

ARID

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Notes

The answer ARID is very common and appears about once every 42 puzzles.

Related Clues

Barren
Desertlike
Desiccated
Droughty
Dry
Dull
Hardscrabble
Jejune
Karroolike
Lifeless
Nonproductive
Parched
Rainless
Saharan
Sere
Sterile
Uninspiring
Completely uninteresting
Devoid of fluid
Dry, as a desert
Dry as dust
Dry-as-dust
Like the Gobi
Like the Mojave
Like Mongolia
Needing irrigation
Unfit for farming
Having zero rainfall
Lacking life and interest
Like arroyo areas
Like Australia's Outback
Like Death Valley
Not very engaging

Definition

ARID as an adjective:

1. (arid, waterless) = lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
2. (arid, desiccate, desiccated) = 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