| barren | ~ of (st) ketandusan (sst): a mind ~ of ideas, fikiran yg ketandusan idea; ~ of love, ketandusan kasih sayang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bankrupt | adj 1. insolvent, bankrap, muflis: the company has been declared ~, syarikat itu telah diisytiharkan bankrap; go ~, jatuh bankrap; 2. lacking, bereft (in or of some quality) ketandusan, ketiadaan [sst] sama sekali: spiritually ~, ketandusan rohani; be ~ /in, of /, ketandusan, ketiadaan [sst] sama sekali: ~ of all kind feelings, ketiadaan perasaan murah hati sama sekali; ~ of ideas, ketandusan idea; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cultural desert | n ketandusan budaya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| barrenness | n (of land) ketandusan, kegersangan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| antithetic(al) | adj 1. (rhet) berantitesis; 2. contrasted, bertentangan: the ~ symbolism of fertility and barrenness, perlambangan kesuburan dan ketandusan yg bertentangan; 3. consisting of two opposites, bertentangan: their essential motives are ~, motif utama mereka bertentangan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| infertility | n 1. inability to produce young, kemandulan, ketidaksuburan, tdk subur; (of animal) kemandulan; 2. barrenness, (of land) ketandusan; (of soil) ketidaksuburan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bankruptcy | n 1. condition, state of being bankrupt, kebankrapan, kemuflisan: the ~ of several firms, kebankrapan beberapa buah syarikat; be reduced to ~, menjadi bankrap; 2. instance of becoming bankrupt, kebankrapan, kemuflisan, kejadian bankrap: the fifth ~ this month, kebankrapan yg kelima bulan ini; 3. failure, inability to produce anything good, ketandusan: later events proved the ~ of his foreign policy, peristiwa yg berlaku kemudian membuktikan ketandusan dasar luar negerinya; a ~ of ideas, ketandusan idea. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| backwater | n 1. pool of still water, air mati, air yg tdk mengalir; 2. intellectually stagnant, a. (place ), (tempat yg) sudah mati: this town is a real ~, bandar ini sesungguhnya sudah mati; b. (condition) /ketandusan, kebekuan/ intelek: an intellectual ~, ketandusan intelek; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| desert 1 | n gurun, padang pasir; (as proper n) Gurun: the Gobi D~, Gurun Gobi; coastal ~, gurun pinggir laut; temperate ~, gurun hawa sederhana; a cultural ~, ketandusan budaya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| denude | be ~d of st, a. (of trees, leaves, sand, etc) gondol: a valley ~d of vegetation, lembah yg gondol; b. (of attribute, hope, etc) sudah hilang, tdk ada lagi: to be ~d of decent feelings, sudah hilang perasaan kemanusiaan; c. (of possession) ketandusan: to be ~d of o’s every possession, ketandusan setiap harta miliknya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |