Topic: GEOGRAPHY
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | wildeornes 'land where wild animals live', from wild deor 'wild animal' |
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wil‧der‧ness
[countable usually singular]
[countable usually singular]1SG a large area of land that has never been developed or farmed : the Alaskan wilderness
the Alaskan wilderness2 a place that seems no longer used or cared for by anyone : The garden was a wilderness. The south side of the city had become a lawless wilderness.
The garden was a wilderness.The south side of the city had become a lawless wilderness.3 someone who is in the wilderness does not have power or is not involved in something in an important way at a particular time :
