unirrigated
adjective
un·ir·ri·gat·ed
ˌən-ˈir-ə-ˌgā-təd 
: not supplied with water by irrigation : not irrigated
unirrigated land/crops
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False dandelion tends to dominate unirrigated lawns.
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oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
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
And that’s on unirrigated land.
—Christopher Quinn, ajc, 30 Mar. 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
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oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
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
And that’s on unirrigated land.
—Christopher Quinn, ajc, 30 Mar. 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
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“Unirrigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unirrigated. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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