wasteland

wasteland

noun

Definition of WASTELAND

land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops <with proper irrigation and fertilizer, they turned the desert wasteland into a fertile plain>

Synonyms barren, desert, desolation, heath, no-man's-land, waste

Related Words badland; brush, bush; dust bowl; open, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors; nature, wild, wilderness