Added 9 October 2026
wasteland
/ˈweɪs(t)ˌland/ noun
In Latin: āvia, vastitas Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wasteland at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland.
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Any barren or uninteresting place.
After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland.
- A devastated, uninhabitable area.
Origin
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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