Thesaurus results for WASTELAND

wasteland

noun

ˈwāst-ˌland

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 Just under 300,000 years from the moment Homo sapiens appeared in Africa, the species had encircled Earth, mastering desolate deserts and frozen wastelands and all the temperate climes in between. —

Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 4 June 2026 Amid the dreary wasteland of modern technology, Black nerdom might save us yet. —

Tatiana Lee Rodriguez, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026 New York City is currently a bit of a wasteland for big box stores like Dick’s Sporting Goods or even Walmart that often sell that merchandise. —

Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 28 May 2026 Then came the internet, which would make the library a wasteland. —

Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for wasteland

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desert

Noun

Nowhere has Hollywood left its mark quite like this desert town of 6,000 souls on the banks of the Rio Grande.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
There’s a perfectly worthy retelling of this story that approaches Los Angeles 1821 like Chinatown, one that delves deeply into the traditions of the people indigenous to the land as well as the early attempts to bring fresh water to this desert.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026