uncultivatable
Unfit for crops
Uncultivatable describes land that cannot be farmed or made productive—too rocky, dry, steep, or otherwise unsuitable for growing crops: Much of the desert remains uncultivatable without irrigation.
The word extends figuratively to minds or relationships that resist development or improvement.
Bleak and abandoned
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
- aridDevoid of water
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
lifeless · bleak · desiccated · scorched · dusty · baked · moonscape · sere
Free from microorganisms
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- unfertilizedNot joined by sperm
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
exhausted · impoverished · spent · leached · nutrient-poor · worn-out · unproductive · dead
Covered with stones
- marshySaturated with standing water
- floodedCovered with water
- salineSalt-water solution
- alkalineHaving high pH
acidic · waterlogged · boggy · stony · gravelly · sandy · steep · cliffy
Refusing to give way
- intractableImpossible to manage
- unworkableImpossible to execute
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- unbreakableImpossible to damage
stubborn · unplowable · impervious · hardened · compacted · unturnable · untameable · unconquerable
desolate
Bleak and abandoned
inhospitable · lifeless · bleak · desiccated · scorched · dusty · baked · moonscape · sere · droughty
sterile
Free from microorganisms
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- unfertilizedNot joined by sperm
depleted · exhausted · impoverished · spent · leached · nutrient-poor · worn-out · unproductive · dead · lifeless
rocky
Covered with stones
alkaline · acidic · waterlogged · boggy · stony · gravelly · sandy · steep · cliffy · permafrost
unyielding
Refusing to give way
- intractableImpossible to manage
- unworkableImpossible to execute
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
unbreakable · stubborn · unplowable · impervious · hardened · compacted · unturnable · untameable · unconquerable · indomitable
polluted
Made impure by contaminants
industrial · chemical · irradiated · blighted · tainted · degraded · slag · spoiled · unusable · unsafe
uncultivatablecultivatable
Capable of being farmed
cultivable · arable · tillable · farmable · fertile
cultivate, agriculture, cultivated, cultivation, horticulture, cultivator, aquaculture, floriculture, viticulture