nowheresville
Americannoun
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a remote or isolated town or village.
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a job, position, rank, etc., completely lacking in status, recognition, or a chance for advancement.
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anything unrealistic, impractical, or useless.
Etymology
Origin of nowheresville
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; nowhere + 's 1 + -ville ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The film had been sort of languishing in nowheresville for a while.
From Salon • May 11, 2023
“Rovers” moves across gritty vistas of a vintage Southwest, from nowheresville to Phoenix to Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2021
There will be intrigue at seeing how Magdalena Rybarikova, conqueror of Karolina Pliskova, fares against Croatia’s Petra Martic, whose injuries had left her in nowheresville until she put together a run at the French Open.
From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2017
Unmanned missions, supply rockets to the International Space Station and touchdowns in nowheresville on the Kazakh steppe in aging Russian capsules just aren't all that interesting for most people.
From US News • Jul. 14, 2015
We were in deeply wooded nowheresville, and Uncle Darnell, our only hope of getting a ride, was long gone to work and then to school.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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