nether world
noun
the infernal regions; hell.
netherworld
-
a variation of
nether world.
Example Sentences
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The mission has taken him into the netherworld of the online job market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Rather, he’s using a shoestring budget to concoct left-of-center sights that feel like a peek into a specific Los Angeles netherworld.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
In that legal netherworld, women weren’t just plaintiffs.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
By a certain point we seem to have wandered, alongside Sol, into a strange netherworld between life and death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
"Mother has friends around the globe. One of them will know the routes into the netherworld."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
