wasteland
Meaning
- A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
- Any barren or uninteresting place.
- A devastated, uninhabitable area.
- Unused land.
Synonyms
desolate place
barren land
waste ground
wild land
waste plot
area overgrown with weeds
deserted place
airidity
uncultivated ground
uncultivated plot
vacant ground
left over area
derelict land
vacant land
deserted land
vast plain
Translations
Ödland
deserto
woestenij
desierto
deserto
desert
friche urbaine
arenaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈweɪs(t)ˌland/
Etymology
In summary
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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