Meaning of arid

(adj) lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"

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