badland.

An area of largely barren, deeply eroded terrain with steep slopes, gullies, and little vegetation.

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Words that belong together

• the badlands
• a badland landscape

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The badlands broke the horizon into gullies and narrow ridges.

A badland landscape stretched beyond the last maintained road.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular badland; plural badlands, the usual collective landscape form. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.