as in desert
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops
the city's decayed industrial quarter is a no-man's-land of abandoned factories and weedy vacant lots
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Recent Examples of no-man's-land
Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land.
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David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land.
—David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land.
—David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-man's-land
desert
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Cuyama Badlands, Santa Barbara, California With four RV/tent sites, two dedicated RV spots and two tent-only sites, this desert moonscape is perfect for stargazers.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Matthew Tostevin What To Know The Line, the most ambitious piece of Neom, was unveiled as a pair of parallel 500-meter-tall skyscrapers stretching through the desert.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“No-man's-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-man%27s-land. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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