uncultivable
Not fit planting
Uncultivable describes land that cannot be farmed or made productive—too rocky, too steep, too arid, or otherwise unsuitable for growing crops: Much of the mountainous terrain remains uncultivable.
The word applies literally to soil and figuratively to anything resistant to development or improvement: an uncultivable mind.
Impossible to manage
- irreclaimableUnable to be recovered
- undrainableCannot be emptied
- unfarmableUnable to support agriculture
- unplowableCannot be tilled
unworkable · untillable · resistant · hopeless · futile · impervious · unreclaimable · unsalvageable
Devoid of water
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- droughtyExtremely dry, waterless
lifeless · desiccated · scorched · dusty · baked · sere · bleak · devoid
intractable
Impossible to manage
- irreclaimableUnable to be recovered
- undrainableCannot be emptied
- unfarmableUnable to support agriculture
unplowable · unworkable · untillable · resistant · hopeless · futile · impervious · unreclaimable · unsalvageable · abandoned
arid
Devoid of water
droughty · lifeless · desiccated · scorched · dusty · baked · sere · bleak · devoid · empty
rocky
Covered with stones
sandy · boggy · marshy · mountainous · steep · rugged · badlands · tundra · permafrost · laterite
wilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
outback · steppe · desert · wilds · expanse · barrens · saltflat · floodplain · swampland · peatland
uncultivablecultivable
Able to be tilled
arable · tillable · farmable · cultivatable · plowable
cultivate, agriculture, cultivated, cultivation, uncultivated, cultivating, horticulture, cultivator, aquaculture