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Definition of badlands noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

badlands

noun

/ˈbædlændz/

/ˈbædlændz/

[plural]

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large areas of land that have been farmed too much with the result that plants will not grow there

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the Badlands
a large area of land in the western US where plants will not grow

Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally US): translation of French mauvaises terres.

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