wasteland.

Land that is unused, severely damaged, or unable to support normal activity.

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Words that belong together

• industrial wasteland
• barren wasteland

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The factories left an industrial wasteland.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular wasteland; plural wastelands. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.