Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
- Example: "the barrens of central Africa"- Example: "the trackless wastes of the desert"[syn: barren, waste, wasteland]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wasteland
n 1: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for
cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the
trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, waste,
wasteland]