Definition of "aridity" []

• A long term lack of rainfall or moisture. (noun)

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• "The region is considered to be an island of long-term aridity in a sea of climatic change."
• "We are already observing what appear to be trends towards increasing, long-term aridity in parts of the world."
• "Sometimes sloth takes on an acute form known as aridity or barrenness in all things that pertain to God."