Wasteland

/ˈweɪs(t)ˌland/

Synonyms for "wasteland" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

arabia desertaback countrybackwoodsbarrenbarren landbarrensboondockboondocksborderlandbrush
Noun(2 words)
barrenbarren land

Strong matches (18)

bushbush countrybushvelddeath valleydesertdesolationdust bowlforestforestsfrontierheathhinterlandhowling wilderness
Noun(5 words)

Related words (30)

karroolunar landscapelunar wastemooroutbackoutpostsaharasalt flatthe bushtimbersuninhabited regionup countryup-countryvirgin landvirgin territorywasteweary wastewildwild westwilderness
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Noun(4 words)
moral emptinessunproductive landwastewastes
Adjective(2 words)
portuguese desertounpreserved land

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6 entries
badlandscultural wastelanddesertmoral wastelandparched plainspiritual wasteland

Collocations

6 entries
barren wastelandcultural wastelanddesolate wastelandnuclear wastelandpostwar wastelandurban wasteland

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Over the next fifteen years, architects, planners and community developers will work together to transform 346 acres of industrial wasteland into 6,500 homes, two shopping centres, a marina, a primary school and college, and parkland.

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The whole island was a wasteland of ice, whipped by freezing storms, and bleached skeletons were the only signs of the life that had once been there.

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The stark contrast between, say, the success of the Republic of Korea and the wasteland of North Korea shows that central, planned control of the economy is a dead end.

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The wasteland is not a hospitable place.

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