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Word: Badlands
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century (originally US): translation of French mauvaises terres
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbadlandz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
extensive tracts of heavily eroded, uncultivable land with little vegetation
Short Definition:extensive tracts of uncultivable land with little vegetation
Examples:- life somehow survives in these barren badlands
- the undeveloped landscape is mostly mixed-grass prairie and limestone badlands
Definition:
an area that is dangerous, unwelcoming, or derelict
Short Definition:area that is dangerous
Examples:- he starts the film trapped in post-apocalyptic badlands
- many of the fighters then slip away to the caves of the eastern badlands
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