wasteland
noun/ˈweɪstlænd/
/ˈweɪstlænd/
[countable, uncountable]- an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on
- industrial wasteland
- the desert wastelands of Arizona
- (figurative) The mid 1970s are seen as a cultural wasteland for rock music.
- The film was shot in the desert wasteland of southern California.
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