'Wasteness' definitions:

Definition of 'Wasteness'

From: GCIDE
  • Wasteness \Waste"ness\, n.
  • 1. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation. [1913 Webster]
  • A day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness. --Zeph. i. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]