Definition of WASTELAND

wasteland

Plural: wastelands

Noun

  • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
  • A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
  • Any barren or uninteresting place.
  • A devastated, uninhabitable area.
  • Unused land.

Examples

  • After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland.
  • Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wast lond, modification of earlier weste lond, from Old English weste land (“wasteland”); equivalent to waste + land.

Synonyms

barren, waste

Scrabble Score: 13

wasteland: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wasteland: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wasteland: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

wasteland: valid Words With Friends Word