[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 moby thesaurus words for "wasteland":
   arabia deserta, death valley, sahara, back country, backwoods,
   barren, barren land, barrens, boondock, boondocks, borderland,
   brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, desert, desolation, dust bowl,
   forests, frontier, heath, hinterland, howling wilderness, karroo,
   lunar landscape, lunar waste, outback, outpost, salt flat,
   the bush, timbers, uninhabited region, up-country, virgin land,
   virgin territory, waste, weary waste, wild, wild west, wilderness,
   wildness, wilds, woodlands, woods

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