overfarmed
Cropland worn out
Overfarmed describes land that has been cultivated too intensively, depleting its nutrients and degrading soil quality.
The term implies unsustainable agricultural practices—insufficient crop rotation, excessive planting, or inadequate fallow periods: The overfarmed fields yielded less each year.
It can also apply figuratively to anything exhausted through overuse.
Severely reduced or emptied
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- drainedEmptied of resources
- strippedHad coverings removed
- worn-outDepleted through overuse
infertile · barren · impoverished · unproductive · overworked · fatigued · spent · degraded
Decline in condition
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- runoffExcess water drainage
- gulliesChannels carved by erosion
compaction · siltation · crusting · hardpan · salinization · waterlogging
Single-crop agricultural system
- overcultivationExhausting soil through excess
- overexploitationExcessive resource depletion
- agrochemicalsChemicals for agriculture
- overirrigationExcessive agricultural watering
depleted
Severely reduced or emptied
worn-out · infertile · barren · impoverished · unproductive · overworked · fatigued · spent · degraded · leached
degradation
Decline in condition
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- runoffExcess water drainage
gullies · compaction · siltation · crusting · hardpan · salinization · waterlogging
monoculture
Single-crop agricultural system
- overcultivationExhausting soil through excess
- overexploitationExcessive resource depletion
- agrochemicalsChemicals for agriculture
overfarmedfallow
Unplanted field recovering
rested · uncultivated · untilled · idle · wild
overfarmedfertile
Able to reproduce abundantly
rejuvenated · restored · replenished · nutrient-rich · regenerated