| wasteland | n 1. tanah tandus: a vast track of ~, tanah tandus yg luas terbentang; 2. (fig.) ketandusan: the spiritual ~, ketandusan rohaniah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sterile | 3. (of idea etc) unproductive, tandus: a ~ discussion, satu perbincangan yg tandus. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bleak | adj 1. a. (of place) windswept and cheerless, tandus dan keanginan: a ~ plain, dataran yg tandus dan keanginan; b. (of weather) cold and cheerless, dingin dan suram: on a ~ December evening, pd suatu petang yg dingin dan suram dlm bulan Disember; 2. (of wind) cold and piercing, menusuk ke tulang: a ~ wind, angin yg menusuk ke tulang; 3. dreary, suram: a ~ future, masa depan yg suram. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| work | h. (usu pass.) exhaust by using, operating, etc, sst tandus: the mine has been ~ed out, lombong itu telah tandus; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| barren | adj 1. sterile, a. (of female) mandul; b. (of plant) jantan; c. (of land) tandus, gersang; 2. unproductive, tandus: a ~ period in a writer’s life, masa yg tandus dlm kehidupan penulis; 3. unprofitable, sia-sia, tdk /bermanfaat, berfaedah, mendatangkan hasil/: a ~ argument, perdebatan yg sia-sia; 4. dull, membosankan: a ~ play, lakonan yg membosankan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stark | 2. desolate, harsh, gondol; (of landscape) tandus dan suram; (of room, wall, etc) bogel, kosong: the ~ cliffs fell sheer to the ocean, cenuram gondol itu menjunam ke laut; a ~ landscape, pemandangan yg tandus dan suram; a room as ~ as a prison cell, bilik yg bogel spt bilik di penjara; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| badlands | n (kawasan) tanah tandus. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hard-scrabble | adj (US) barren, tandus. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bleakness | n 1. a. (of place) keadaan [sst] yg tandus dan keanginan; b. (of weather), (keadaan) [cuaca] yg dingin dan suram; 2. (of wind etc) menusuk ke tulang; 3. dreariness, kesuraman. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sterile | adj 1. unable to reproduce, infertile, mandul; (of soil etc) kersang, tandus: she had become ~ because of a severe illness, dia menjadi mandul disebabkan sakit yg teruk; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |