as in desert
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops
the city's decayed industrial quarter is a no-man's-land of abandoned factories and weedy vacant lots
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Recent Examples of no-man's-land
Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land.
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David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land.
—David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land.
—David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-man's-land
desert
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Photo: Leo Fox A relative hotel desert until recent years, a crop of new addresses are cementing Valencia’s resurgence as a travel destination.—
Elizabeth Bennett,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
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The biggest find on Tracks II is Inyo, a portrait of the California badlands, set in border towns, desert roads, and aqueducts, with the heavy influence of mariachi bands.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2025
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“No-man's-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-man%27s-land. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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