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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And while readers root for the characters such as the Trashcan Man and Mother Abigail, the final showdown came down to a group of survivors fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg in the wasteland known as Las Vegas.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
The post-apocalyptic action comedy stars Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, and Aaron Moten as denizens of an irradiated wasteland in the far future.
—EW.com, 14 May 2025
So much was erased in so little time, leaving the lasting impression, whether from afar or close-up, of a wasteland — a place almost wiped off the map.
—Greg Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Our Western inheritance, then: the concept of the deep underground as wasteland, dump, terminus of the unredeemable.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
The post-apocalyptic action comedy stars Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, and Aaron Moten as denizens of an irradiated wasteland in the far future.
—EW.com, 14 May 2025
So much was erased in so little time, leaving the lasting impression, whether from afar or close-up, of a wasteland — a place almost wiped off the map.
—Greg Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Our Western inheritance, then: the concept of the deep underground as wasteland, dump, terminus of the unredeemable.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasteland
desert
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Cuyama Badlands, Santa Barbara, California With four RV/tent sites, two dedicated RV spots and two tent-only sites, this desert moonscape is perfect for stargazers.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Matthew Tostevin What To Know The Line, the most ambitious piece of Neom, was unveiled as a pair of parallel 500-meter-tall skyscrapers stretching through the desert.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“Wasteland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteland. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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