wastelandnoun
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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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
Unpleasant places