wasteland
wasteland
Definition
waste·land (-land′)
noun
- land that is uncultivated, barren, or without vegetation
- a neglected, improperly managed, or intellectually unproductive activity, endeavor, etc.
wasteland
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- reclaim: Each new praying person is helping reclaim the wasteland.
- transform: This included transforming contaminated wasteland which dwarfed the size of the city center.
- turn: Instead of being held behind barbed wire, the former soldiers have been given the job of turning a waterlogged wasteland into fertile fields.
- become: Then it became a desolate wasteland except for some grazing sheep.
- leave: In some areas they left a wasteland behind them.
- create: By this time the British had created a wasteland in Nigeria.
Adjective modifier
- barren: The barren icy wasteland slowly warmed to become thick woodland.
- desolate: Then it became a desolate wasteland except for some grazing sheep.
- post-industrial: They get no few startled looks from passers by as our snapper photographs them against the post-industrial wasteland of Central Sheffield.
- frozen: We've seen him trudging through snow in Canada's frozen wasteland.
- icy: The barren icy wasteland slowly warmed to become thick woodland.
- derelict: Far from being a derelict industrial wasteland, the valley has many attractive features, which are greatly appreciated by local people.
Preposition: into
- park: The ambitious £ 24 million scheme will turn this 120ha area of wasteland into a first class business park.
- garden: They are currently transforming a area of wasteland into a community garden.
Preposition: on
- edge: They looked slightly different from the two commonly found on the downs meadows and wastelands on the edge of town.
Modifies a noun
- habitat: Some of the most important attributes of urban wasteland habitats are essentially ephemeral.
- quot: It really seems wasteland quot give he made millions.
Noun used with modifier
- desert: Verse 4-5: Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
- television: Will the computer deliver us from the television wasteland?
- freezing: The lush moist forests, brimming with life, contrast strongly with the barren baking deserts and the freezing wastelands of the poles.
wasteland Quotes
You will observe a vast wasteland.
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