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wasteland

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wastelandwasteland - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
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"

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 wastelandterreno m industrial baldío
2. (fig) → desierto m
a cultural wastelandun 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 npldéchets mpl
waste materials from the oil industry → les déchets de l'industrie pétrolière
wastepaper basket [weɪstˈpeɪpər] ncorbeille f à papier
waste pipe n(tuyau m de) vidange f
waste products npl
déchets mpl
wasteland [ˈweɪstˌlænd] nterra desolata
wasteland [ˈweɪstˌlænd] nterra desolata


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At the foot of the hill lay wasteland over which a few groups of our Cossack scouts were moving.
For two days they drifted over this horrid wasteland.
Below them they saw the dense vegetation of the jungle give place to the scantier growth upon the hillside, and then before them there spread the wide expanse of arid wastelands marked by the deep scarring of the narrow gorges that long-gone rivers had cut there in some forgotten age.
 
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