wilderness
/ˈwɪl·dər·nəs/ n [C usually sing]Definition
› an area of land that has not been farmed or had towns and roads built on it, esp. because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth: Large parts of Canada are still wilderness.
(Definition of wilderness n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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