Wasteness /(?)/

Waste·ness

Wasteness

n.
  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.