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
Nothing that moves survives long in the wasteland between the Russian and Ukrainian lines.
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Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Tilbury Docks is a post-industrial wasteland of car parks, motorways and an old brick terminal whose walls are coated thick with the memory of emigration.
—David Greig
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Thus, IlluminatiPirate’s vision of a virtual wasteland created by and for bots is more plausible than ever.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The shore of Flushing Bay has long been seen as a wasteland, a view that came true over the century in which New Yorkers dumped their coal ash and garbage there.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Tilbury Docks is a post-industrial wasteland of car parks, motorways and an old brick terminal whose walls are coated thick with the memory of emigration.
—David Greig
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Thus, IlluminatiPirate’s vision of a virtual wasteland created by and for bots is more plausible than ever.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The shore of Flushing Bay has long been seen as a wasteland, a view that came true over the century in which New Yorkers dumped their coal ash and garbage there.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wasteland
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasteland
desert
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In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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His father performed cowboy songs in both English and Spanish to guests enjoying a hayride or picnic in the desert.—
Douglas C. Towne,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Wasteland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteland. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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