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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Now, the citadel wall looks out over a wasteland of rubble.
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Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The rest of the land, however, remains empty, an ugly patch of wasteland that couldn’t contrast more with the King Power Stadium that sits just a few hundred yards away.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
As any Martian rover will tell you, the surface of the Red Planet is a cold, barren wasteland.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
What remained was a flattened wasteland of scattered cinder blocks, twisted rebar, and slabs of concrete jutting out of debris at awkward angles.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The rest of the land, however, remains empty, an ugly patch of wasteland that couldn’t contrast more with the King Power Stadium that sits just a few hundred yards away.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
As any Martian rover will tell you, the surface of the Red Planet is a cold, barren wasteland.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
What remained was a flattened wasteland of scattered cinder blocks, twisted rebar, and slabs of concrete jutting out of debris at awkward angles.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Wasteland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteland. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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