Wasteland

//ˈweɪs(t)ˌland// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place with no remaining resources; a desert.

    "Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland."

  2. 2
    an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation wordnet
  3. 3
    Any barren or uninteresting place.

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

  4. 4
    A devastated, uninhabitable area.

    "Another place where, from the aesthetic point of view, a long tunnel would have been a real blessing, is East London as viewed from the carriage window on the old Great Eastern line. Despite a vast change from crowded slums to tracts of wasteland, due to its grim wartime experience, this approach still provides a shabby and unworthy introduction to the great capital."

  5. 5
    Unused land.

    "Azaz and Ray were nominated individually for what, at first glance, looked like a project to transform wasteland at South Tottenham station into a community garden."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wast lond, modification of earlier weste lond, from Old English weste land (“wasteland”); equivalent to waste + land.

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