WASTELAND


Meaning of WASTELAND in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.