no-man's-lands

plural of no-man's-land
as in deserts
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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Noun
  • The storms will be widespread — affecting the coastal regions, deserts and mountains — pushing first from Mexico into San Diego County before hitting Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, said National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Villafane.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In the decades since, satellites have surveyed the world’s forests, oceans, deserts and ice.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Given the surrounding terrain, largely comprising volcanic barrens and lava fields, the risk of wildfire remains low, and no life-threatening impacts have been identified.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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“No-man's-lands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-man%27s-lands. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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