irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
unirrigated
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a word derived from
irrigate.
Example Sentences
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The entire production takes quite a while to get into gear; the setup is intended to be witty, and a vehicle for Mr. Dujardin’s cheerfully awkward style, but is as dry as unirrigated L.A.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Fire destroyed many of the buildings, leaving behind about 10 houses on unirrigated land that can only be used for agriculture during the rainy season.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
But Arvizu, 68, told him the pasture would soon lie fallow — brown like the unirrigated land that surrounded it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
But Kathy Klausner, a school secretary whose family has an unirrigated farm, said she wasn’t as certain.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
These they transplant in the unirrigated mountain sementeras after the crops of millet and maize have been gathered.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
