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   badlands

   /ˈbadlandz/

   plural

   • 1. extensive tracts of heavily eroded, uncultivable land with little vegetation.
   • ▪ a barren plateau region of the western US, mainly in North and South Dakota and Nebraska.

   Word Origin mid 19th century (originally US): translation of French mauvaises terres.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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