1. (stative) be pointless, wasted, emaciated, barren, unfruitful.
Ko te mahi a te tangata he tahu ki te ahi, he maumau kino noa i ngā hua a te Atua i whakatupu ai. Nā konā ka kikokore te whenua (TWMNT 3/11/1874:275). / The work of man has been to burn with fire, wickedly wasting the products that God has grown. Hence the land has become unfruitful.
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