wastelands

plural of wasteland
as in deserts
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 wastelands Where homes, buildings and fields once stood in the southern city of Rafah, there were now craters and barren wastelands. Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Krasheninnikov is located in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, which said in a statement that there is no threat to any people or infrastructure as the volcano is largely surrounded by wastelands. Chad De Guzman, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Medicine deserts are areas lacking sufficient healthcare providers or pharmacies.
    Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
  • After one thousand years of isolation, Iblis is given temporary freedom when Ka-young (Bae Suzy), a small town mechanic who doesn’t experience empathy, literally stumbles upon his lamp during a vacation in the deserts of Dubai.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 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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“Wastelands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wastelands. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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