wasteland
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wasteland
- /ˈweɪs(t)ˌland/ UK
- /ˈweɪs(t)ˌlənd/ UK
- /ˈweɪs(t)ˌlænd/ US
- /ˈweɪs(t)ˌlənd/ US
- /ˈwæes(t)ˌlɛnd/ New Zealand
- /ˈwæes(t)ˌlɘnd/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English wast lond, modification of earlier weste lond, from Old English weste land (“wasteland”); equivalent to waste + land.
noun wastelands
- A place 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 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 st
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: waste, barren, stagnation, vague, desert, wave, junkyard, dump, walkabout, wilderness, desertification, sandlot, morass, sewer, land, waste land
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noun region with no remaining resources; desert
| Español | desierto, yermo, páramo, baldío, terreno baldío, barbecho |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황무지 hwangmuji, 황지 hwangji |
| 日本語 | 荒地 arechi |
| 中文 | 荒地 huāngdì, 廢土 /废土 fèitǔ |
| हिन्दी | बंजर bañjar, मरुस्थल marusthal |
| Português | deserto, terreno baldio, charneca |
| Français | désert, friche, steppe |
| Deutsch | Ödland, Wüste, Wüstenlandschaft, Wüstenei, Ödnis |
| Italiano | terreno brullo, brughiera |
| Русский | пу́стошь pústošʹ, пусты́рь pustýrʹ |
| العربية | أَرْض خَرَاب ʔarḍ ḵarāb |
| עברית | ישימון yeshimon |
noun barren and uninteresting place
| 中文 | 單調的地方 /单调的地方 dāndiào de dìfang |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बीहड़ bīhaṛ |
| Deutsch | Ödnis, öde Gegend |
| Русский | пусты́ня pustýnja, боло́то bolóto, дыра́ dyrá |
Talk about this word "wasteland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wasteland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wasteland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wasteland "wasteland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wasteland.Cite this
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title = {wasteland},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wasteland},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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