harvestless

Without any crop

Harvestless means yielding no harvest—barren or unproductive.

The word applies literally to fields or seasons that produce no crop, and figuratively to any effort that bears no fruit: a harvestless year for the farm, harvestless months of searching for work.

Rare and literary.

barren

drought

Prolonged water scarcity

aridDevoid of water
parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated

scorched · dustbowl · depleted · exhausted · withered · shriveled · blighted · sere · sun-baked · cracked

failure

blight

Plant disease causing decay

pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
locustSwarming crop-eating insect
wiltLose vigor, sag

rot · infestation · disease · ruined · devastated · fruitless · unfruitful · futile

famine

starvation

Extreme nutritional deprivation

hungerNeed for nourishment
malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity

breadline · scarcity · dearth · privation · want · suffering · emaciation · famished · starving

desolation

bleak

Dreary and without cheer

emptyHolding nothing inside
barrenUnable to produce
lifelessDevoid of animation

forsaken · forlorn · desolate · wasteland · hopeless · grim · stark · cheerless · inhospitable · abandoned

scarcity

shortage

Deficient supply of necessities

deficitAmount still owed
dearthAcute shortage of something
lackDeficiency or absence

insufficiency · shortfall · poverty · deprivation · hardship · lean · meager · sparse · wanting · deficient

Opposites

agricultural yield

harvestlessbountiful

Plentiful and generous

abundant · fruitful · plentiful · productive · fertile

reward/outcome

harvestlessfruitful

Producing abundant results

rewarding · productive · profitable · successful · gainful

Family

harvest, harvesting, harvester, harvested, harvests, harvesters, unharvested, postharvest, preharvest

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