unirrigated
adjective
un·ir·ri·gat·ed
ˌən-ˈir-ə-ˌgā-təd 
: not supplied with water by irrigation : not irrigated
unirrigated land/crops
Examples of unirrigated in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
False dandelion tends to dominate unirrigated lawns.
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oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
And that’s on unirrigated land.
—Christopher Quinn, ajc, 30 Mar. 2022
As per the ministry of agriculture data, 67.79 million hectares out of 180 million hectares of total agricultural land in India is still unirrigated.
—Vivek Gupta, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2022
To prevent that, the state has set aside $50 million for a new program to help farmers repurpose dry lands by turning it into wildlife habitat, groundwater recharge basins, livestock range or planting unirrigated cover crops.
—Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2022
But Arvizu, 68, told him the pasture would soon lie fallow — brown like the unirrigated land that surrounded it.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
Some of these plant selections, as well as many other drought-tolerant plants, can be found at local nurseries and be planted in unirrigated areas of the landscape as a way to decrease water use in gardens.
—oregonlive, 3 June 2021
oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
And that’s on unirrigated land.
—Christopher Quinn, ajc, 30 Mar. 2022
As per the ministry of agriculture data, 67.79 million hectares out of 180 million hectares of total agricultural land in India is still unirrigated.
—Vivek Gupta, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2022
To prevent that, the state has set aside $50 million for a new program to help farmers repurpose dry lands by turning it into wildlife habitat, groundwater recharge basins, livestock range or planting unirrigated cover crops.
—Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2022
But Arvizu, 68, told him the pasture would soon lie fallow — brown like the unirrigated land that surrounded it.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
Some of these plant selections, as well as many other drought-tolerant plants, can be found at local nurseries and be planted in unirrigated areas of the landscape as a way to decrease water use in gardens.
—oregonlive, 3 June 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
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“Unirrigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unirrigated. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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