wasteland
/ˈweɪstlænd/noun
mass noun
1- an unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown荒地, 未开垦地。
1.1
- a bleak, unattractive, and unused or neglected urban or industrial area（城区或工业区的）荒凉之地; 废墟：
the restoration of industrial wasteland
工业废墟的重建
count noun figurative 〈喻〉the mid 70s are now seen as something of a cultural wasteland.70年代中期现在看来有些像一个文化荒漠时期。