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badlands

bad·lands
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bad-landz]
    • /ˈbædˌlændz/
    • /ˈbæd.lændz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bad-landz]
    • /ˈbædˌlændz/

Definitions of badlands word

  • noun plural badlands any deeply eroded barren area 3
  • noun badlands barren plateau in SW South Dakota east of the Black Hills; marked by dramatically eroded hills and containing many fossil deposits 3
  • noun plural badlands any section of barren land where rapid erosion has cut the loose, dry soil or soft rocks into strange shapes, as in various places in the W U.S. 3
  • noun badlands Extensive tracts of heavily eroded, uncultivable land with little vegetation. 1
  • noun plural badlands area of rocky wasteland 1
  • noun badlands (geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks. 0

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Origin of badlands

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55, Americanism; bad1 + land + -s3; translation of French mauvaises terres, perhaps based on expressions in AmerInd languages, alluding to the difficulty in traversing such country

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Parts of speech for Badlands

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pronoun
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badlands popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for badlands

noun badlands

  • barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
  • wasteland — land that is uncultivated or barren.
  • waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
  • barrens — (in North America) a stretch of usually level land that is sparsely vegetated or barren

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