Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index B badlands: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: bad•lands Pronunciation: (bad'landz"), [key] — n. (used with a pl. v.) a barren area in which soft rock strata are eroded into varied, fantastic forms. Bad' Lands" Pronunciation: [key] a barren, severely eroded region in SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: badlands (Thesaurus) badinage Badlands National Park ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: criticaster Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language