wasteness

English

/ˈweɪstnəs/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) The state of being lay laid waste; desolation.
  • (now) The state of being uncultivated; wild, barren.
  • (obsolete) A wilderness.

Etymology

Suffix from English waste (empty, dejected, barren, dismal).

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waste

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empty, dejected, barren, dismal

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