desiccated(verb)-  lacking interest, passion, or energy.

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In Quicksand by Nella Larsen it says, “On her side of the door, Helga was wondering if it had ever occurred to the lean and desiccated Miss MacGiiden that the most of her charges had actually come from the backwoods.”

The author uses this word to describe the character as boring and I think its important and useful about characteristics