wasteland

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A region with no remaining resources; a desert

Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland.

Any barren or uninteresting place

After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland.

a place, situation, or time that has no excitement or interest SYN desert: "The seventies were a cultural wasteland."
an unattractive area, often with old ruined buildings, factories etc on it: "urban/industrial wasteland", "the restoration of industrial wasteland"
Weed-infested, desolate habitat
Land which is considered to be economically unfit for production, such as swampland or desert land
{i} desolate place, wilderness
disapproval If you refer to a place, situation, or period in time as a wasteland, you are criticizing it because you think there is nothing interesting or exciting in it. the cultural wasteland of Franco's repressive rule = desert
1 (With "The"), A classic American poem of the early 20th Century by Thomas Stearns Eliot 2 A property which cannot be developed for profitable use
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
A wasteland is an area of land on which not much can grow or which has been spoiled in some way. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland
wasteland

    Hyphenation

    waste·land

    Turkish pronunciation

    weystländ

    Pronunciation

    /ˈwāstˌland/ /ˈweɪstˌlænd/

    Etymology

    [ 'wAst-"land also -l& ] (noun.) 14th century. waste +‎ land
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