wasteland
A place with no remaining resourcesA place with no remaining resources; a desert.
» What brings you to this wasteland?
Meaning
4 sensesA place with no remaining resources; a desert.
Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland.
Ödland, Wüste, Wüstenlandschaft
пу́стошьpústošʹ, пусты́рьpustýrʹ
пу́стищеpústyšče, пу́сткаpústka, пустовщи́наpustovščýna
Any barren or uninteresting place.
After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland.
Ödnis, öde Gegend
пусты́няpustýnja, боло́тоbolóto, дыра́dyrá
A devastated, uninhabitable area.
Unused land.
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Examples
5 sentencesWhat brings you to this wasteland?
The wasteland is not a hospitable place.
I didn't expect to meet anyone in this wasteland.
You must be mad if you think that you'll be able to find food in the wasteland.
They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English wast lond, modification of earlier weste lond, from Old EnglInherited from Middle English wast lond, modification of earlier weste lond, from Old English weste land (“wasteland”); equivalent to waste + land.
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Forms
plural: wastelands| Singular | wasteland |
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