What does wasteness mean?
Wasteness means (obsolete) The state of being laid waste; desolation..
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/ˈweɪstnəs/ · noun
(obsolete) 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,
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.
[…] I cannot find words to express the intense pleasure I have always in first finding myself, after some prolonged stay in England, at the foot of the old tower of Calais church. The large neglect, the noble unsightliness of it; the record of its years written so visibly, yet without sign of weakness or decay; its stern wasteness and gloom, eaten away by the Channel winds, and overgrown with the bitter sea grasses […]
She of nought affrayd, / Through woods and wastnesse wide him daily sought
Use wasteness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wasteness means (obsolete) The state of being laid waste; desolation..
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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,
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