Definition of "wasteness" [waste•ness]

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

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• "That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness"
• "Under her rays, the ground over which we passed assumed a more interesting appearance than during the broad daylight, which discovered the extent of its wasteness."
• "That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,"