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   wil·der·ness

   /ˈwildərnəs/

   noun

   • 1. an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. Similar wildswastesuninhabited regioninhospitable regionuncultivated regionbadlandsjungledesertbundu
   • ▪ a neglected or abandoned area of a garden or town: "the garden had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes" Similar wastelandneglected areaabandoned areano-man's-land
   • ▪ a position of disfavor, especially in a political context: "the man who led the Green Party out of the wilderness"

   Word Origin Old Englishwildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals’, from wild dēor ‘wild deer’ + -ness.

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