wasteness

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wasteness - 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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