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wasteness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wasteness \Waste"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or
condition; desolation.
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A day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness.
--Zeph. i. 15.
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2. That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [R.]
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Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought.
--Spenser.
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