as in desert
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops
with proper irrigation and fertilizer, they turned the desert wasteland into a fertile plain
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Recent Examples of wasteland
She's seen that the wasteland is a very difficult place, full of suffering.
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Consider the wasteland take on Neu!
—David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The library looked like a wasteland.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Alas, things do notlook great for the wasteland’s favorite short king.
—Jack King, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2026
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Consider the wasteland take on Neu!
—David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The library looked like a wasteland.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Alas, things do notlook great for the wasteland’s favorite short king.
—Jack King, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasteland
desert
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The Dera was founded in 1948 by the mystic Mastana Balochistani in the Haryana city of Sirsa, near the northern state’s borders with Punjab, India’s breadbasket, and the desert state of Rajasthan.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nancy Guthrie spent Saturday night eating dinner and playing games with family members before one of them dropped her off at her home in a well-to-do Tucson neighborhood that sits on hilly, desert terrain, the sheriff said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Wasteland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteland. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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