untillable
Resistant to cultivation
Untillable describes land that cannot be plowed or cultivated—too rocky, steep, waterlogged, or otherwise unsuitable for farming.
The hillside was untillable, so they used it for grazing instead.
The word appears mainly in agricultural and land-use contexts.
Uninhabitable barren region
- badlandsArid, heavily eroded terrain
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
heath · outback · wilderness · desert · scrubland · alkali · caliche · laterite
Unable to produce offspring
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
depleted · impoverished · fallow · dead · lifeless · spent · worn-out · nutrient-poor
Impenetrable subsurface stratum
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- denseClosely packed together
- heavyOf great mass
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
unplowable · waterlogged · sodden · boggy · marshy · swampy · unworkable · packed
wasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
moorland · heath · outback · wilderness · desert · scrubland · alkali · caliche · laterite · hardscrabble
infertile
Unable to produce offspring
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
exhausted · depleted · impoverished · fallow · dead · lifeless · spent · worn-out · nutrient-poor · leached
hardpan
Impenetrable subsurface stratum
impenetrable · unplowable · waterlogged · sodden · boggy · marshy · swampy · unworkable · packed · compressed
stony
Rocky or emotionless
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- droughtyExtremely dry, waterless
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- dryFree from moisture
scorched · baked · dusty · waterless · rainless · sun-baked · cracked · hardened · drought-stricken · sere