noun [usuallysing.]
1 a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there:
The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness. * (AmE) a wilderness area (= one where it is not permitted to build houses or roads) * (figurative) the barren wilderness of modern life
2 a place that people do not take care of or control:
Their garden is a wilderness of grass and weeds. * That part of the city is a wilderness of run-down houses and derelict factories.
IDIOMS
in the wilderness no longer in an important position, especially in politics:
After three years in the wilderness she was given a government post.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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