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The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
  2. n. That which is waste; a desert; a waste.
  3. 1. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation. A day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness. Zeph. i. 15. 2. That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [R.] Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought. Spenser.
  4. n. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation. n. That which is waste; a desert; a waste.