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waste·land  (wstlnd)

n.

1. Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged.

2. A place, era, or aspect of life considered as lacking in spiritual, aesthetic, or other humanizing qualities; a vacuum: a cultural wasteland.

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wasteland [ˈweɪstˌlænd]

n

1. (Social Science / Human Geography) a barren or desolate area of land, not or no longer used for cultivation or building

2. a region, period in history, etc., that is considered spiritually, intellectually, or aesthetically barren or desolate American television is a cultural wasteland

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wasteland - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" barren, waste heathland, heath - a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation wild, wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

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wasteland

noun wilderness, waste, wild, desert, void Pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.

Translations

wasteland [ˈweɪstlænd] N

1. (undeveloped) → terreno m baldío or yermo, tierra f baldía or yerma; (uncultivated) → erial m
industrial wasteland → terreno m industrial baldío

2. (fig) → desierto m
a cultural wasteland → un desierto cultural

wasteland [ˈweɪstlænd] n

(= waste ground) (in country) → terres fpl à l'abandon; (in town) → terrain m vague

(fig) (= desert) → désert m
waste materials npl → déchets mpl
waste materials from the oil industry → les déchets de l'industrie pétrolière
wastepaper basket [weɪstˈpeɪpə^r] n → corbeille f à papier
waste pipe n → (tuyau m de) vidange f
waste products npl

→ déchets mpl

wasteland [ˈweɪstˌlænd] n → terra desolata