wasteland
pronunciation
How to pronounce wasteland in British English:
UK [ˈweɪstlænd]
How to pronounce wasteland in American English:
US [ˈweɪstˌlænd]
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- Noun:
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Word Origin
- wasteland (n.)
- 1825 as one word, from waste (adj.) + land (n.). Figurative sense is attested from 1868. Eliot's poem is from 1922. April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.
Example
- 1. Twenty years ago , canary wharf was a wasteland in east london 's docklands .
- 2. The finance sector 's wasteland moment created a real wasteland .
- 3. 2009 : The cold war wasteland has been replaced by modern office buildings .
- 4. Many people consider suburbs a cultural wasteland , but I am very happy searching for food in orange county , california ; the area near san jose ; northern virginia , near d. c. ; somerville , massachusetts ; and so on .
- 5. He sees eastern europe not as a denuded wasteland , a battlefield where modern man could execute any plan he chose , but as europe 's cluttered attic , stuffed with used oil rags and open paint cans and old newspapers ; a single spark could set it on fire .