ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : barren or uncultivated land : waste
2. : a devastated place or area
a wasteland of burned houses and barns — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900
a wasteland of ruins and rubble — Robert Shaplen
3. : something (as an era, a way of life) that is emotionally or spiritually arid, barren, and desolate
a wasteland of futility and emptiness — J.W.Aldridge
a wasteland of vulgarity, platitude, and dulled perception — Anthony West