| barren | ~ of (st) ketandusan (sst): a mind ~ of ideas, fikiran yg ketandusan idea; ~ of love, ketandusan kasih sayang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sterility | 3. state of being unfruitful, ketandusan: we were dismayed by the ~ of these old, worn-out theories, kami berasa kecewa dgn ketandusan teori-teori lama dan usang ini. | 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 |
| 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 |
| poverty | ketandusan idea yg begitu jelas dlm persidangan itu; 3. inferior quality, serba kekurangan; (of soil) tdk subur: they were embarrassed about the ~ of their home, mereka malu dgn keadaan rumah mereka yg serba kekurangan; the ~ of the soil makes the land unsuitable for crops, tidak suburnya tanah itu membuatkannya tdk sesuai utk ditanam dgn tanaman. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cultural desert | n ketandusan budaya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| barrenness | n (of land) ketandusan, kegersangan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starkness | n bareness, desolateness, harshness, kegondolan; (of landscape) ketandusan dan kesuraman; (of room, wall, etc) bogelnya, kosongnya, keadaan [sst yg] /bogel, kosong/: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starkness | the artist has captured the ~ of the scene, pelukis itu telah berjaya menggambarkan ketandusan dan kesuraman pemandangan tersebut; the ~ of the walls, kosongnya dinding itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sterility | n 1. state, quality of being sterile, kemandulan; (of soil etc) ketandusan, kekersangan: the drug was found to produce ~ in rats, drug itu didapati menyebabkan kemandulan tikus-tikus; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |