wilderness

/หˆwษชl.dษ™ษน.nษ™s/

IPA: /W IH1 L D ER0 N AH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    An unsettled and uncultivated tract of land in its natural state; a barren land; a wild or waste.

  2. 2

    A place that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.

  3. 3

    Wild or unrefined state; wildness.

  4. 4

    A bewildering flock or throng.

  5. 5

    A situation that is bewildering, or that which makes one feel awkward.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wilderness