arenaceous:arid; as dry as saw dust; as dry as dust (/a chip); as dull as ditch-water; be barren (/devoid) of interest;chippy; dry and dull (/boring);flat; insipid;jejune;uninteresting; vapid; workaday ❍ 念到最～的时候，只想跑出来看看我这些朋友们。(爱新觉罗·溥仪《我的前半生》62) When reading them became intolerably tiresome my only thought was of going out to see those friends of mine.
枯燥无味
dry and dull ～的宣传dry and dull propaganda
枯燥无味kū zào wú wèi
形容单调，毫无趣味。dry as dust, dry and dull, as dry as a chip, arid, be barren of interest