Wasteness
Pronunciation : Waste"ness
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation. A day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness. Zeph. i. 15.
2. That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [R.] Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913