wasteland
land that is uncultivated or barren.
an area that is devastated, as by flood, storm, or war.
something, as a period of history, phase of existence, or locality, that is spiritually or intellectually barren.
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How to use wasteland in a sentence
Without it in the atmosphere, the Earth would be a barren, frozen wasteland.
He took a time period that was a wasteland and gave it intelligence, wit, and consistent humor.
You question every decision—personal, professional, spiritual—that has led you to this snowy wasteland.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm | Kelly Williams Brown | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe palm trees have gone, leaving a desolate wasteland of stumps reaching into the sky.
Typhoon Haiyan: The Philippine Village that Lost Its Men | The Telegraph | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe might just save his regime, even if he rules little more than a wasteland filled with corpses.
Our whole Northern Hemisphere, where our greatest nations were, was devastated; much of it is wasteland to this day.
Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. CarrOut of the cramped ships they came, to bound in freedom and fresh breathable air across the wasteland.
And Then the Town Took Off | Richard WilsonIt became the fashion to forsake the school field for the more adventurous wasteland of the neighbourhood.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieThe Magellan lifted back into the sky, then moved out over the ocher wasteland that was the barren desert of the red planet.
The Secret of the Ninth Planet | Donald Allen WollheimHe chased them through the burning solitudes of that vast Northern wasteland like a veritable bloodhound.
Famous Indian Chiefs | Charles H. L. Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for wasteland
/ (ˈweɪstˌlænd) /
a barren or desolate area of land, not or no longer used for cultivation or building
a region, period in history, etc, that is considered spiritually, intellectually, or aesthetically barren or desolate: American television is a cultural wasteland
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