unirrigated
Definition
- Adjective:
- Not supplied with water: "unirrigated" describes land, soil, or fields that are not artificially watered, especially for agricultural purposes. It refers to areas that rely solely on natural rainfall rather than irrigation systems.
Usage Examples
- (Land without artificial watering yielded less crops.)
- (Agriculture that relies only on rain.)
- (Ground not watered artificially.)
Advanced Usage
- "unirrigated cropland": agricultural land that does not receive supplemental water.
- Unirrigated cropland often yields less than irrigated land, but it requires lower investment. (Land farmed without irrigation systems.)
Variants and Related Words
- Irrigated (adj): supplied with water artificially.
- The irrigated fields produced a bumper crop. (Land watered by human means.)
- Irrigation (n): the artificial application of water to land.
- Modern irrigation techniques conserve water. (Methods of watering crops.)
- Unirrigable (adj): not capable of being irrigated.
- The steep slopes are unirrigable. (Cannot be watered artificially.)
Synonyms
- Rain-fed: relying on natural precipitation.
- Rain-fed agriculture is common in humid regions. (Farming without irrigation.)
- Dryland: relating to farming in arid areas without irrigation.
- Dryland farming requires drought-resistant crops. (Agriculture in unirrigated zones.)
- Non-irrigated: not artificially watered.
- Non-irrigated pastures support less livestock. (Unwatered grazing land.)
Related Idioms
- "To water the desert": an idiom meaning to attempt something impossible or very difficult; not directly related to "unirrigated," but conceptually opposite.
- Trying to grow rice in unirrigated soil is like watering the desert. (A futile effort.)