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
Our Western inheritance, then: the concept of the deep underground as wasteland, dump, terminus of the unredeemable.
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Growing up in a 'social wasteland' Fisher grew up playing with basketballs and nerf guns around his cul-de-sac with a group of neighborhood kids.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 May 2025
Sending an all-time Avs legend to a hockey wasteland in Tobacco Road came back to bite the burgundy and blue in about the worst way imaginable.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Growing up in a 'social wasteland' Fisher grew up playing with basketballs and nerf guns around his cul-de-sac with a group of neighborhood kids.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 May 2025
Sending an all-time Avs legend to a hockey wasteland in Tobacco Road came back to bite the burgundy and blue in about the worst way imaginable.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for wasteland
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasteland
desert
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The United States is full of many different landscapes that range from vast deserts, beaches, towering mountains, stunning coastlines, and lush forests.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
4 July 2025
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Fire restrictions highlighted the urgency of staying safe in Arizona’s forests, deserts and scrublands.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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“Wasteland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteland. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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