wasteland n : an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, waste]

English

Noun

1. A region with no remaining resources; a desert.

   Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland

2. Any barren or uninteresting place.

   After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland

Related terms

• waste

Translations

Wasteland may refer to:

• A landscape devoid of nutrients, soil and/or moisture; see also, overgrazing, slash and burn, deforestation, erosion, scorched earth
• Wasteland (mythology), the Celtic motif of the land of the Fisher King
• Wasteland Speech, a 1961 speech by FCC chairman Newton N. Minow in which he compares television to "a vast wasteland"
• Wasteland, recycled clothing company based in San Francisco and Los Angeles

In entertainment:

• The Waste Land, a poem by T.S. Eliot
• The Waste Lands, a novel by Stephen King
• Wasteland (comic), an ongoing post-apocalyptic comic book written by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten and published by Oni Press
• A place in The Empire Warhammer Fantasy battles
• Wasteland (DC Comics), a 1987 horror/humor comic book anthology written by John Ostrander and Del Close and published by DC Comics
• The Demonic Wasteland of The Television Series Charmed
• Wasteland (computer game), a computer role-playing game
• Wasteland (TV series), an American television drama, debuted in 1999
• The Wasteland is the setting of the Mad Max Films

In music:

• The WasteLands (Band), a rock/indie/pop punk band from Solihull, West Midlands, UK
• "Wasteland" (Maxïmo Park song), on the War Child charity album Help: A Day in the Life
• "Wasteland" (song), a 2005 single by rock band 10 Years
• Wasteland (The Mission song), a song by gothic rock band, The Mission
• "Wasteland" (Poison song), a song by Poison from their 2002 album Hollyweird
• Wasteland (The View song), a song by The View from their debut album Hats Off to the Buskers
• The Wasteland (Elton John song), a song by Elton John from his album Songs From The West Coast
• "Baba O'Riley", a song by The Who, often mistakenly called "Teenage Wasteland"
• "Wastelands", a song on the 2007 Delta-S album Voyage to Isis

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