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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In an environment that more closely resembles a post-apocalyptic wasteland than a functioning metropolis, 11-year-old Hamoudi (Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah) lives for soccer and idolizes Lionel Messi, the Argentine genius then playing for Spanish giants Barcelona FC.
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The mall, across the street from City Hall in the Civic Center, was a wasteland, its walkways empty, the food court and most restaurants locked or boarded up.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Which is appropriate, of course, for a father and son’s journey through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
McCarthy’s harrowing post apocalyptic tale of a boy and his father making their way through a wasteland populated by the degraded remains of human civilization is brilliantly adapted by Larcenet.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The mall, across the street from City Hall in the Civic Center, was a wasteland, its walkways empty, the food court and most restaurants locked or boarded up.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Which is appropriate, of course, for a father and son’s journey through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
McCarthy’s harrowing post apocalyptic tale of a boy and his father making their way through a wasteland populated by the degraded remains of human civilization is brilliantly adapted by Larcenet.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Wasteland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteland. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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