unhydrated

Without any moisture

Unhydrated describes something that lacks water or has not been combined with water.

The term appears in chemistry and materials science for compounds that haven't absorbed water molecules, and in everyday contexts for things that should be wet but aren't: unhydrated cement powder, unhydrated skin.

The opposite of hydrated.

desiccated

desiccated

Thoroughly dehydrated

bone-dry · withered · shriveled · wizened · sapless · evaporated · dehumidified · dried-out · drained · sapped

thirst

parched

Extremely dry or thirsty

desperate · burning · aching · panting · ravenous · longing · yearning · wilted · languishing

exertion

sweating

Moisture through pores

exhaustion · heatstroke · electrolytes · endurance · glycogen · perspiration · overexertion · weakness · dizziness · collapse

rehydration

replenish

Supply anew

absorption · moisture · reconstitute · restore · revive · quench · refresh · intake · saturation · recovery

medical

renal

Of the kidneys

headache · nausea · dizziness · fatigue · intravenous · fluids · hospitalization · hypotension · tachycardia · malnutrition

Opposites
moisture/water content

unhydratedhydrated

Sufficiently supplied with fluid

rehydrated · reconstituted · moisturized · wet · saturated

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