Phonetic: /des·​ic·​cat·​ed/

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition

dried up
a desiccated landscape

preserved by drying
a cup of desiccated coconut

all around were barrels of dried apples and apricots, shriveled and desiccated …
—Margaret Laurence

drained of emotional or intellectual vigor or vitality

Singer’s utilitarianism is so dry and desiccated that it drains the drama from philosophy.
—George Will