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Wasteland

/wˈeɪˌstlænd/
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(noun) A place with no remaining resources; a desert.

The wasteland is not a hospitable place.
What brings you to this wasteland?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The area was once a flourishing industrial center, but it has now become a deserted ____ after the factory closed today.

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