badlands

[ bad-landz ]

/ ˈbædˌlændz /

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plural noun

a barren area in which soft rock strata are eroded into varied, fantastic forms.

Origin of badlands

1850–55, Americanism; bad¹ + land + -s³; translation of French mauvaises terres, perhaps based on expressions in AmerInd languages, alluding to the difficulty in traversing such country

Words nearby badlands

badger skunk, badger state, badigeon, badinage, badinerie, badlands, badlands national park, badly, badly off, badman, badmash

Example sentences from the Web for badlands

The Daily Beast found out with the help of nationally ranked competitive eater Eric ‘Badlands’ Booker.

Video: We Took a Competitive Eater to TGI Fridays for Endless Appetizers—and They Ran Out |Brandy Zadrozny |July 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Badlands ate, slowly at first; this was a casual snack after all, not a contest.

Video: We Took a Competitive Eater to TGI Fridays for Endless Appetizers—and They Ran Out |Brandy Zadrozny |July 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Rank be damned, 45-year-old Badlands still looks hungry to me, and manages to gobble 12 plates in all, with grace.

Video: We Took a Competitive Eater to TGI Fridays for Endless Appetizers—and They Ran Out |Brandy Zadrozny |July 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Badlands is has got to be pushing 300 pounds and is one of the few really hyperadiposic entrants.

How to Stomach a Hot Dog Eating Contest |Robert Silverman |July 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

She received a life sentence for her part in a killing spree that inspired a Springsteen song and the movie Badlands.

New Life Is Redemption for Caril Ann Fugate, Who Still Claims Innocence in Killings |Michael Daly |June 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As the highway descends into the Badlands, it twists through ravines and valleys.

North Dakota |Various
Guided by three Indians from this village we came to another of the same size but hidden among ravines and badlands.

Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 |Sherburne Friend Cook
Interesting in connection with any description of the origin of the Badlands is the Sioux legend of their formation.

North Dakota |Various
The bobcat, although not abundant, is generally distributed throughout Harding County, particularly in the buttes and badlands.

Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota |Kenneth W. Andersen
And a variegated mass in the distance marked the Rainbow Buttes, rising isolated and alone from out the badlands.

The Yellow Horde |Hal G. Evarts

British Dictionary definitions for badlands

badlands

/ (ˈbædˌlændz) /

pl n

any deeply eroded barren area

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British Dictionary definitions for badlands

pl n

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badlands

plural noun

Origin of badlands

Words nearby badlands

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