nowheresville

or No·wheres·ville

[ noh-hwairz-vil, -wairz- ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a remote or isolated town or village.
2. a job, position, rank, etc., completely lacking in status, recognition, or a chance for advancement.
3. anything unrealistic, impractical, or useless.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nowheresville¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; nowhere + 's ¹ + -ville ( def )

Example Sentences

Once the residue has shed its water weight, it goes into steel containers and gets loaded onto a train to nowheresville.

From Popular-Science

Limbo, tender and searching, shows what can happen to people when they’re between points A and B, a nowheresville that can change the shape of a life forever.

From Time

His Martin is a nowhere man of great distinction, stuck in a nowheresville of a movie.

From Time

"But we're getting into Nowheresville, man," the old man complained.

From Project Gutenberg