wasteness Meaning, Definition & Usage

Waste"ness noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913