Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wasteness

Wasteness , noun

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. [Rare]
Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought. — Spenser