The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wasteness
Wasteness \Waste"ness\, n.
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The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
A day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness.
--Zeph. i. 15. -
That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [R.]
Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought.
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
wasteness
n. 1 (context obsolete English) The state of being laid waste; desolation. 2 (context now rare English) The state of being uncultivated; wild, barren. 3 (context obsolete English) A wilderness.