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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The United States is full of many different landscapes that range from vast deserts, beaches, towering mountains, stunning coastlines, and lush forests.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
4 July 2025
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Fire restrictions highlighted the urgency of staying safe in Arizona’s forests, deserts and scrublands.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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