wasteness /ˈweɪstnəs/ noun3 •(no longer used) The state of being laid waste; desolation.That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, — 1611 •(no longer used) The state of being uncultivated; wild, barren.Under her rays, the ground over which we passed assumed a more interesting appearance than during the broad day-light, which discovered the extent of its wasteness. — 1817 •(no longer used) A wilderness.She of nought affrayd, / Through woods and wastnesse wide him daily sought — 1590 formswastenesses
