Meaning of “wasteland” in the English Dictionary

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uk /ˈweɪst.lænd/ us /ˈweɪst.lænd/

› [ C or U ] an empty area of land, especially in or near a city, that is not used to grow crops or built on, or used in any way:

The car was dumped in a stretch of wasteland in the south of the city.

› [ S ] literary disapproving a place, time, or situation that does not contain or produce anything positive, or that is completely without a particular quality or activity:

the spiritual wasteland of the 1980s

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