wasteland
[noun]
Synonyms: waste, badland, barren, desert, wild, wilderness, wild land, wildness

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waste‧land /ˈweɪstlænd, -lənd/ noun [uncountable and countable]

1. an unattractive area, often with old ruined buildings, factories etc on it
urban/industrial wasteland
the restoration of industrial wasteland

2. a place, situation, or time that has no excitement or interest Synonym : desert:
The seventies were a cultural wasteland.

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