no-man's-lands

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plural of no-man's-land
as in deserts
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops the city's decayed industrial quarter is a no-man's-land of abandoned factories and weedy vacant lots

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“No-man's-lands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-man%27s-lands. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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