as in dry
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
cacti prefer a nearly waterless environment
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Recent Examples of waterless
While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
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Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
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Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterless
Adjective
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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In the Colorado River Basin, April and May were very dry.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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If your baby seems thirsty, offering them breast milk or formula more often is best.—
Brandi Jones,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Some possible contenders have been thirstier than others.—
Lisa Lerer,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Destroying forests creates deserts, sandstorms, dry riverbeds and arid croplands.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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As a kid growing up in Hermosillo, the biggest city in the arid northern Mexican state of Sonora, Ruben Leal took the region’s signature flour tortillas for granted.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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“Waterless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterless. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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