Synonyms of 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• desert
• barren
• wilderness
• desolation
• waste
• heath
• no-man's-land
• bush
• badland
• wild
• brush
• dust bowl
• open
• outdoors
• out-of-doors
• open air
• nature

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wasteland

But even if the army succeeds, analysts see little chance of the war ending soon, and the fighting has already reduced much of the city to a charred wasteland. —New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025

All that’s left is a wasteland of half-baked ideas searching for a home. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025

In the course of the nineteen-eighties, New York transformed from a flaming wasteland of muggings, languid professionalism, and underground parties into a despoiled wilderness of muggings, careerism, and public glitz. —Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025

But to suggest that the region, once called the Silk Stocking District, is a gastronomic wasteland is preposterous. —John Mariani, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025